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Herding 20 cats

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... fittingly so particularly given the growing importance of China, India, Brazil and other developing and resource-rich nations in the global economy. It also highlights the declining grip on power of the rich nations - specifically the US - in setting ...

Liquidity flow versus trade flow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... mid-2008. Back then investors thought emerging economies would provide a cushion to deteriorating conditions in the developed nations. But as the financial crisis turned into an economic one, the problems in the developed world were exported to their ...

Money flows lead to Africa

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... FDIs with a 63 per cent increase into the region's coffers. According to a new investment trends report by the United Nations, West Africa enjoyed more than 60 per cent growth in FDIs over 2007. Inflows into South, East and South-East Asia also witnessed ...

Property still in favour

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2009
... ASX showed 41 per cent of adult Australians continue to own shares - ranking Australia among the leading share owning nations in the world on a per capita basis. And while the total ownership level has declined from 46 per cent when the study was last ...

Companies get proactive on corp governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... portfolio represents around $10 billion in funds under management. Perennial Investment Partners is a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI), which encourages investors to integrate environmental, social and governance ...

Russell signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
Russell Investments has become a signatory of the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). "Russell became a UN PRI signatory in recognition of the increasingly widespread client demand for strategic advice and solutions that ...

UN PRI names de-listed signatories

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2009
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) has named the five de-listed signatories, which includes an Australian firm. DESBAN, Christopher Reynolds Foundation, Foresters Community Finance, Oasis Group Holdings and Trinity Holdings ...

ADB pours $240m to worst hit nations

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
Armenia, Georgia and Tajikistan may still be foreign territories for international fund managers - but a large Asian bank has pumped $240 million into the countries in a move that will help them and subsequently their neighbours, boost their investment ...

Managed accounts firm ramps up ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2009
Dalton Nicol Reid, a specialist active portfolio manager of managed accounts, has signed up to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) - proving that stricter governance can be applied through MAs. For example, DNR axed Cabcharge ...

IAG & NRMA fund rejigs insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2009
... 30 and under. The rates are guaranteed until 30 June 2012. Meanwhile the trustee of the fund has also signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, and continues to formulate protocols to incorporate ethical, social and environmental ...