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UN signs up $6 trillion to responsible investing

... list 35 possible actions that institutional investors could undertake to incorporate good environmental, social and corporate governance into their investment activities. Of the 33 pension funds who have signed up initially, two are home grown, namely ...

APRA super splitting extension flawed

KATE HAGE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
... made before the 1 July RSE license deadline, but according to some the policy is flawed. Terry Brigden, partner and corporate lawyer at Freehills, said while the move is a positive step the timing around the extension may exclude many of the fund members ...

Corporate governance the biggest risk: Aon

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2006
An Aon Australia survey has found that the issue of corporate governance is the top risk concern for executives, rocketing from ninth on their list of priorities in 2002-03 to the top of the table this year. Whereas in 2002-03 legal risk was the highest ...

Harwood shops for new implemented consultant

KATE HAGE  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2006
Harwood Superannuation Fund, the corporate superannuation fund for Australian employees of CSR and Rinker Group, is on the hunt for a new implemented consultant with an extensive tender process currently underway. A spokesperson at Harwood, which has ...

MillhouseIAG brings private equity to retail

... had more than 15 years experience in the VC and private equity world sourcing and valuing deals, starting life as a corporate advisor before setting up its private equity funds in 2004. The retail fund will also be co-investing alongside the institutional ...

Corp governance now a mainstream business imperative

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2006
Corporate governance is becoming even more important as it transitions from being just a compliance obligation to a business imperative. ISS has just released the results of its 2006 ISS Global Institutional Investor Study where it interviewed more ...

Trafalgar shifts strategy and ditches some non-core assets

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2006
Trafalgar Corporate Group announced yesterday that it had entered into agreements to divest the management rights to its Trafalgar Enhanced Income Fund while also selling a showroom which is part of the Fujitsu complex in Brisbane. The move comes as ...

Praemium goes public with $18m capital raising

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... a prospectus for its initial public offering (IPO), hoping to raise $18 million from its imminent ASX listing. Lodge Corporate Services is underwriting the $18 million capital raising with Praemium to have a market capitalisation of a little more than ...

Health Super achieves its RSE

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... implementation of our public offer product which we believe will further position us as an attractive alternative for corporate trustees." Health Super's default investment option is currently ranked in the top 5 per cent of all super funds, while its ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2006
... stocks slid as surging oil and gold prices stoked investor fears about inflation risks and overshadowed optimism about corporate profits. Oil hit $US70 for the first time since Hurricane Katrina as worries increased about oil producer Iran's nuclear ...