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ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
... of corporate governance at BlackRock Investment Management; and Simon O'Connor, chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). Don Hamson, deputy chair of ESG RA and managing director of Plato Investment Management ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... with some sovereign debt assets without materially impacting quality or duration. AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, Matt Christensen, said that the eurozone debt crisis has amplified the importance of evaluating credit issuers credit worthiness ...

DomaCom to partner with Perpetual on new platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... Entity and Custodian to the new platform, DomaCom said. "Perpetual's well-known approach and commitment to responsible investment including social, environmental and governance factors is very rigorous and will be instrumental in ensuring the DomaCom ...

CSFGAM restructures leadership team

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... and on-going product management of CFSGAM's investment capabilities globally and the firm's approach to Responsible Investment. Kanesh Lakhani has also been announced as head of distribution, EMEA and global consultant relationships. Lakhani, who joined ...

Advisers must ask clients about SRI investing: Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
... investing, according to Australian Ethical's Phil Vernon. The managing director of the superannuation and responsible investment specialist thinks that simply asking clients whether they want to invest in a responsible way has the potential to turn the ...

RIAA appoints new chief executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has appointed Simon O'Connor as its new chief executive, it was announced today. Louise O'Halloran stepped down from the role at the end of 2012 after more than a decade with the company. O'Connor ...

ESG Vet takes reins at Uniting Church fund manager

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
Hunter Hall's former head of responsible investment research Michael Walsh will start as boss of uniting Church investment wing UCA Funds Management from February 4 this year. The responsible investing veteran was drawn to the role by UCA Funds Management's ...

Interviews start soon for new AIST CEO

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... Fiona Reynolds, who resigned to take up a new role as managing director of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI). Reynolds will leave her role as head of the representative body for not-for-profit superannuation funds at the ...

IFM awarded inaugural Aust Small Caps mandate

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2012
... invests on behalf of institutional investors. It is committed to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment and has been a signatory since 2008.

NZ Super fund kicks out companies

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... extended period. The stocks have now been sold. "In deciding whether a company is breaching the fund's responsible investment standards and how material that breach is, we take account of the proximity and importance of the company's actions ...