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CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... 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 (ESG) issues into the firm's ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... with Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). Amanda McCluskey, head of sustainability and responsible investment at CFS GAM, has been administering the course. Fiona Reynolds, chief executive at AIST, said the course is different to the ...

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. ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... instruments," said Halvorsen. Norway's Ministry of Finance is also signing up to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and is going to participate directly in other international initiatives. Central new measures that the Government is intending ...

New sales manager for PASF

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2009
... in our chosen sectors. Recent months have seen key improvements to the fund's offering, including a new responsible investment philosophy, the appointment of a chief investment officer and the expansion of investment options," she said.

St. John leaves UniSuper

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2009
... 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 one of the industry's first in-house investment ...

Perennial and Hyperion sign UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2009
... 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 enterprise should address this issue. ...

RIAA adds more members

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2009
Super Safeguard, The FTSE Group - Australia and Trucost are the new members of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA). UBS Wealth Management financial adviser, Bernie Connolly; Fortuna Capital Partners consultant, Brookes McTavish ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... risk-adjusted returns to our members," 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 ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... 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 research into ESG factors ...