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UN launches PRI think tank

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... amount of academic research that looks into the approach and beyond the questions of socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual fund out performance. "One of the goals of this network is to provide academics and practitioners with a platform to collaborate ...

US Senate passes bail-out 74 to 25

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2008
... palatable to the Senate may anger Congressional Democrats. The hiatus over the bill has lead to widespread outflows from US mutual funds. Investors withdrew almost A$25 billion from US equity mutual funds and A$30 billion from bond funds in September ...

PE firms gobble Lehman Bros AM

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2008
... company is a broad suite of products including high net worth, separately managed accounts, institutional, fixed income, mutual funds and alternative assets including private equity. Bain Capital Partners and Hellman & Friedman have committed to an all-equity ...

Super funds are not 'blameless'

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
Super funds should take a closer look at their own role in the current capital market crisis and reassess their governance standards instead of blaming other firms, according to Donald MacDonald, BT Pension Fund trustee and UK PRI chair. Speaking at ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... Research (CAER) assess companies. Oulton said the FTSE4Good indices are used across a range of structured products and mutual funds across the world.

Dec 2007 redux

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2008
... Wachovia. Likewise, it was reported that JP Morgan, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo may bid for parts of Washington Mutual. And we are talking here only about the big institutions deemed 'too big too fail.' Surely, the smaller ones that are ...

Whac-a-mole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... Treasury's rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac early last week quickly faded as problems in Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and American International Group reminded investors that the problems in the US financial sector remain. Even the National ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... dragged around by reports and speculation about the fate of two troubled financial firms, Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual. In a volatile session that saw gains and losses reverse several times, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended with a modest ...

SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... investment and risk management practices. "Both the SWFs and the recipient countries recognised the GAPP will work to their mutual advantage as it improves the understanding of SWFs and allows newly established SWFs to benefit from the experience of ...

IML overhauls staff retention strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2008
Investors Mutual Limited (IML) revamped its investment team's equity package as part of an overall review designed to retain a consistent team of analysts. Anton Tagliaferro, IML managing director and investment director, said the firm reviewed its ...