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UK green and ethical fund hit $16bn

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... opportunities, which in turn are creating great investment opportunities." Separately, EIRIS launched its Enhanced ESG Voting Service, which allows investors to consider environmental, social and governance issues when proxy voting. The service provides ...

Knee-jerk reaction to late action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... to reduce its deficit before it receives any EU/IMF aid. And yes, she's playing domestic politics of course. Germany's voting public is strongly opposed to a Greek bail out. Merkel doesn't want a voters' backlash... not with State elections just over ...

US instos get active on human rights

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2010
US-based pension funds and institutions are ramping up their proxy voting efforts across human rights issues with some positive results. The report, Proxy Voting on Labor Standards: A Case by Case Guide for PRI Signatories, found more than 40 shareholder ...

Open letter to trusted trustees

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... industry's noble beginnings - and he also credited super funds for the progress they've made in the past decade on proxy voting and other governance reforms. He also acknowledged that, as a governance expert, governance firms like RiskMetrics can't be ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... approach to disclosure and recently confirmed that it will shortly be providing a summary of how it exercises its proxy voting rights in Australia. Topping the index and scoring the highest scores possible were Chile's SWF, UAE-based Mubadala, Singapore's ...

Pensions fail to direct manager voting

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2010
... their funds' stocks are voted. Other results from the survey include 40 per cent of firms say they disclose their proxy voting guidelines to the public - an increase of 11 per cent from 2008. On another positive note, around 49 per cent consult with ...

Vanguard outlines responsible investment stance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... investing in financial services, has invested in these funds since the launch in November 2001. Vanguard does believe in proxy voting and actively engaging with companies through its Proxy Oversight Group, but it does not research or meet with companies ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2010
... $US245 million ($A276.46 million). News Corp shares were up 62 cents, or 3.68 per cent, at $17.49 while the company's non-voting scrip was up 72 cents, or 5.06 per cent, at $14.96. Among other media stocks, Fairfax Media was up two cents at $1.745 and ...

ACSI voting service attracts five members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
Five superannuation funds are expected to sign on to the Australian Council for Super Investors' (ACSI) Global Proxy Voting Service, which launches next month. Ann Byrne, chief executive at ACSI, said the council is pleased with the initial amount of ...

Instos move on Treasury stocks

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2009
... have each bought more than one million ordinary shares in Treasury Group, which means both groups hold a five per cent voting share in the boutique incubator. Both groups bought more than 1.1 million of ordinary shares in Treasury Group on 8 November ...