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Undue credit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... external debt levels yesterday, I came across a slideshow done by Mr. Paul Toscano on CNBC.com on 'The World's Biggest Debtor Nations. I present his findings below (I have added 5 countries to his original 16 and also provided figures on public debt ...

Solaris signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
Solaris Investment Management has become the latest Australian fund manager to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Denis Donohue, managing director at Solaris Investment Management, said the firm already integrated ...

Maritime merger saves $1m

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... through," said Robertson. As part of the fund's investment review, Robertson said the fund is considering signing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Robertson said the merger had not resulted in much staff changes because ...

Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
AustralianSuper has nominated Cbus chief executive David Atkin to sit on the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board. Atkin replaced Sandy Grant as chief executive at Cbus in November 2007. Prior to that position, Atkin worked ...

AIST chair set sights on UN PRI board

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chair, Ian Robertson, has nominated for a position on the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) board. Local Government Superannuation (LGS) trustee, Robertson was integral ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... GAM), which manages more than $128 billion in funds, has launched its second progress report on implementing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The report covers the firm's implementation of environmental, social and governance ...

CommInsure signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2009
CommInsure has signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). A Commonwealth Bank of Australia spokesperson said the investment team within the insurer is working on implementing the principles into the firm's process now. ...

IMF and Swan riding on doom

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... We're doomed. We'll never make it. I am prepared to bet my right eyeball - even without the eye - that majority of the nations in strife would rather be having what we are having. So why is the Treasurer insisting on negating his pump priming efforts ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... negative sign to its 0.5 per cent world growth prediction for 2009 just a month ago and divined that growth in developed nations of the world would fall by 3 per cent this year. Developed nations' economic growth to contract by 3 per cent...that's nothing! ...

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... assisted in diversifying member funds into alternative assets such as infrastructure and private equity; signed the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and established a robust investment governance framework. But developing ...