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SRI funds beat the index

Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) funds are not just good for the soul, they're good for the hip pockets too after yet another study that found SRI portfolios have beaten the index in the last two years. The latest SRI Median Study from AMP Capital ...

Green fund for the mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2007
... and governance factors. Gore distinguishes the fund's approach to that of traditional ethical or socially responsible investment (SRI) funds. "Ethical or positive screen funds have reached less than one per cent of the market. I'm not here to criticise ...

Ethical by name and nature

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2007
Ethical fund managers Hunter Hall and the Australian Ethical Investment have responded to the CHOICE report that warned investors about funds that specialise in responsible investments. The CHOICE report urged investors to read the 'small print' when ...

LGSS expands direct property assets

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... sustainability through its investments. In February, the fund announced it will implement a Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) policy across its entire property portfolio. LGSS chairman Brian Harris said the acquisition presented a great opportunity ...

ESS Super to apply UN investment principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
... super funds AustralianSuper, UniSuper and ARIA when it signed up to the United Nations' Principles for Responsible Investment. ESS Super chief executive officer David Atkin said by signing up to the Principles they were signaling to their members they ...

Clean, green profit machines

... Based on the analysis of the financial year returns of 68 ASX listed clean technology companies, Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ratings agency Corporate Monitor has found that the sector enjoyed double the returns of the Australian sharemarket. ...

UN's ESG principles gaining traction

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2007
The latest United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) report reveals broadly positive trends, with the majority of large institutional signatories appointing dedicated responsible investment staff and 88 per cent putting environmental ...

McCluskey moves to CommBank

... around carbon management. The group was the first Australian fund manager to sign the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. "We have looked at the proposed scenarios under the states proposed emissions trading scheme and worked out what the potential ...

Watson Wyatt sharpens SRI focus

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2007
... London. She joins Watson Wyatt from HSBC, prior to which she was a senior member of the sustainable and responsible investment team at Henderson Global Investors for five years. She will report to Craig Baker, global head of manager research. Graeme ...

Investa property funds get SRI tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2007
... Property Fund are Australia's first property funds to receive the Ethical Investment Association's Sustainable Responsible Investment (SRI) certificate. The funds received the certification after reviewing the environmental, social, ethical and labour ...