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Trillion dollar kitchen sink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2010
... sovereign debt crisis that's threatening to get out of hand. These funds -- a,-440 billion in loans from Eurozone member nations, a,-60 billion from EU emergency funds, and a,-250B from the IMF -- shall be made available to members in financial stress. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... ratings agency, Standard & Poor's, downgraded the government debts of Greece and Portugal. Concerns have risen that those nations' problems could spread across Europe and repress the economic recovery throughout the eurozone. Greece's credit rating has ...

Rules, rules, rules

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2010
... its own. "Thou shall pay tithe to a general fund." According to the Wall Street Journal, the IMF "advised Group-of-20 nations to tax balance sheets, profits and compensation of financial institutions to reduce the chances of another financial crisis ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... changed on Monday even though Wall Street had a strong finish on Friday. Risk appetite dissipated on markets after eurozone nations agreed on Sunday to offer loans to Greece if it asked for the money. The benchmark NZX-50 index closed up 3.895 points ...

Acadian counts corp governance risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
... time," said Jim Wylie, executive vice president, marketing at Acadian. This news comes after Acadian signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). More than 700 entities have signed the UN PRI and more than half the signatories ...

Aussie planners overworked: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... planners work more than 50 hours a week - six hours more than the Australian average and nine hours more than other developed nations. The Evolve Logic survey found over 80 per cent of respondents are working longer than a standard eight-hour day and ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... against ETS ironically comes at a time when the number of Australian institutional investors signing on to the United Nations principles for responsible investment or UN PRI continues to grow. Erik Mather, managing director at Regnan Governance Research ...

More of the same

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2010
... Greece's crisis. And Portugal's...and Spain's...and... But it won't have any teeth unless regulators in the rest of the G-20 nations (at least) institute the same. Else, butt naked speculators would just continue taking sniper shots at Greece et. al. ...

LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
... investments. The successful candidate will report to the fund's chief investment officer. The fund is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and is a founding member of the Australian Council of Super Investors ...

Aviva Investors and Cbus win awards

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... and showed core values of integrity, teamwork and innovation. "As the first Australian fund manager to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), we believe that ESG issues are fundamental in making more informed long-term ...