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Beggar thy neighbour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2009
... was American clamour to institute a 'Buy America' policy. Australia was thinking of the same. No doubt, so were other nations. All in the name of containing the hardship at home. In economic parlance, this is known as the 'beggar thy neighbour' policy. ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... UN PRI. According to Perennial chief executive Anthony Patterson, the fund manager had taken an interest in the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment "for some time". "In late 2007 we commenced a process to consider how Perennial as an ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... said St. John. The 2009 award criteria also gave special recognition to responsible investment practices and the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment - of which UniSuper was an early signatory. The fund also recently signed up to participate ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... an active member of the Enhanced Analytics Initiative (EAI), whose efforts have since been amalgamated into the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. The ESG RA seeks to pick up where the EAI left off, maintaining the impetus for investment ...

Nationalisation - that ugly word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
... capitalist less than two decades ago. I won't be surprised if ex-USSR President Mikhael Gorbachev's name in many of these nations has now become mud. China must be thanking its lucky stars that it remained bisexual - half socialist, half capitalist. ...

Carthona endorses UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
Carthona Agriculture, a green investment consultancy for institutional investors, is incorporating the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment into its services. Charlie Blomfield, managing director of Carthona, said applying these principles ...

Biggest Loser Part 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... challenging to scavenge for liquidity. Australia still could not afford to be complacent, not while the biggest and bigger nations of the world are shedding their economic heft. Given Australia's performance to date, it may not even figure in the Biggest ...

Bennelong signs ex-ARIA chief Gibbs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... executive and has also held a number of roles on the ASX and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan also invited Gibbs to help formalise what would become the United Nations Principles for ...

PE group adopts ESG

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... meeting with PEC and some of the worlds' largest institutional investors. The principles have the backing of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). This means PEC members are required to consider public safety and health issues ...

Africa wants slice of bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... the Africa Region at a video press conference from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Ezekwesili said it was important for wealthier nations not to focus on "insular" domestic responses to the crisis. World Bank president Robert Zoellick has earlier called for donor ...