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FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... divestment action that caused the most controversy was much smaller in scale: the decision by the Australian National University to divest from seven mining companies. The decision caused outrage in the resources industry, the media and even the government ...

Fraser and Hewson support ANU's right to divest

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014
... minister Malcolm Fraser and former Liberal leader John Hewson, have signed a statement supporting the Australian National University's right to divest from companies. The statement appeared as an advertisement in Wednesday's Canberra Times and is expected ...

ANU divests seven companies, seeks equities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
The Australian National University (ANU) has announced it will divest its holdings in seven mining companies, following a review of its domestic equity investments. The university also announced it plans to outsource its domestic equity investment management ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
The Investment Office of the Australian National University (ANU) has enlisted the services of research group CAER to research and rate the companies in which invests according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement ...

PROFILE: Invesco CEO Martin Franc

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... original plan then Franc's life would likely be unrecognisable. Majoring in political science at the Australian National University (ANU), Franc initially had ambitions to work in foreign affairs with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ...

ANU fund adopts ethical investment guidelines

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
The $1 billion on-balance sheet Australian National University investment fund has announced it is modifying its investment guidelines to ensure investments it holds in the future will "minimise social injury". However, ANU chancellor and former minister ...

ETF entrepreneur donates generously to uni

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... Tuckwell and his wife Louise have donated $50 million to fund scholarships for undergraduates at the Australian National University. Under plans laid out in the largest donation ever made to Australian students, 25 Tuckwell Scholarships will be awarded ...

Ken Henry to join ASX board

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... also a director of National Australia Bank and chairman of the Institute of Public Policy at the Australian National University. "Ken's reputation and experience as an economist in Australia and overseas, and as a senior bureaucrat who has worked with ...

Uncertainly certain RBA cut

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... other 8% may be listening to the "Shadow RBA". According to the Australian Financial Review, "The Australian National University's so-called "shadow" Reserve Bank board urged the central bank to keep rates unchanged today. The group includes two former ...

Older Australians delaying retirement

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... and approximately 27% drew on savings. The study was a collaborative effort, researched between Australian National University, AMP, Rice Warner Actuaries and National Seniors Australia. The report's authors are Dr Tim Higgins and Dr Steven Roberts from ...