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Markets are a public good: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
Australia may be a small country but it took Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's 2,700 word speech to the United Nations on Friday to articulate a way out of the global financial mess. The speech was in contrast to US Treasury secretray Henry Paulson's widely ...

Global recession coming?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2008
... contraction in real GDP of 0.3 per cent in the March quarter and 0.5 per cent in the June quarter. Other bigger member nations - Germany, France, Italy and Spain - are also on the brink. The UK - a non-member - is edging closer to a recession while Denmark ...

Statewide recruits Michalakis and Ridding

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... alongside investment consultants Access Capital Advisers and Morningstar. Meanwhile, to help implement Statewide's United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment commitments, Suzanne Ridding has been recruited as the fund's sustainability manager. ...

TOWER Investments signs UN PRI

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2008
New Zealand based, TOWER Investments became one of the first KiwiSaver providers to sign the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Signing the principles means TOWER Investments will integrate environmental, social and governance ...

Aon signs UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2008
... has taken a serious stance in managing environmental, social and governance issues by becoming a signatory to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). Signing the PRI will formalise Aon's use of the PRI framework in determining ...

Credit crisis flicks PRI switch

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2008
The number of institutions signing the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) grew by 65 per cent since the start of the credit crisis. The UNPRI has more than 400 signatories and has continued, rising by 37 per cent since the ...

Climate change opportunities, not just costs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008
... particularly concerning carbon capture and storage," said Senator Wong. Other opportunities are in not forcing the developing nations to remain in poverty to keep their emissions down but in creating technology solutions. Senator Wong said that to do ...

RBA rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... this time, inflationary pressures are coming from without, in the form of strong commodity demand from industrialising nations like China, India, Russia and oil exporting countries who have tonnes of cash to spend. It will be hard to rein in inflation ...

UN PRI enlists 400 firms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
The number of signatories to the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) broke the 400 mark this month, rising by more than 70 members since the beginning of the year. In total, UN PRI signatories, comprise of asset owners, investment ...

Boost savings and cut interest rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2008
... confirmed that household saving in Australia have fallen over the last decade placing Australia 16th relative to other OECD nations in terms of savings rates in 2006. Complicating the analysis however is a debate about how to measure national savings ...