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Future Fund seek RI and IT professionals

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... the Fund meet its obligation to maximise returns with acceptable risk, while having regard to best practice corporate governance principles," said the fund. Key areas of focus include developing an overarching responsible investment framework, managing ...

Local super funds welcome Obama admin move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2009
... for leading investment executives and pension funds with the largest US pension fund, CalPERS, appointing a corporate governance chief this week.

UK coalition pushes responsible investment cause

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UN PRI) which commits firms to engage with firms on corporate governance and environmental and social concerns. In addition, the group said a collective reporting body should be set up to guarantee ...

Instos target water usage

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2009
... availability can become a constraint to economic growth." Wilco van Heteren, Robeco senior engagement specialist for corporate governance and sustainability, said this collaborative effort sends a strong signal to companies. "Water sustainability is ...

Dow Jones launches Islamic ASEAN index

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... has been licensed to Malaysia-based Corston-Smith Asset Management to be used as the basis for a long-only corporate governance investment fund. "ASEAN member countries are among the fastest emerging economies in Asia. The Dow Jones Islamic Market ASEAN ...

UniSuper ramps up Asia corporate governance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2008
The $23 billion UniSuper is taking the corporate governance of its $1 billion investments in Asia to new heights - the fund is extending its proxy voting policy for shareholders to include ventures in the region. UniSuper has already commenced voting ...

IML signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
... the principles into its business. "IML actively votes its stock holdings with reference to best practice corporate governance principles," he said. "Specifically, IML recognises that the earnings of companies with a good ESG record, among other factors ...

AIG gets another A$57 billion bail-out

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... Congress in October. As part of the latest deal, AIG has agreed to follow stringent executive remuneration and corporate governance conditions, according to a statement issued by the US Treasury.

Depression talk ill-informed and ignores history

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
... country's deposit insurance guarantee, low interest rates and stronger balance sheets due to more stringent corporate governance imposed on companies. Moreover, in 1929 the US Federal Reserve was only a decade and a half old, was operating according ...

GSJBW team heads up boutique

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... access to back-office, product and distribution services to Fairview including access to custody services and corporate governance functions. The consideration of the transaction remains confidential. Fairview will operate as an independent business ...