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Super funds fight for human rights

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2008
Can super funds join forces to stop human rights abuses, improve the lives and rights of hundreds of people in just over a year? According to four Swedish pension funds, nothing is impossible. The Ethical Council of the Swedish AP-Funds, made up of ...

Choice members up 25pc

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... tens of thousands of dollars in time and money processing non-standardised super forms. "We realise there's an argument the human resource cost is a sunk cost, but tell that to the payroll managers who get in at 7am and stay back till 7pm to process ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2008
... will be issued. Companies holding annual general meetings include Mortgage Choice Ltd, Tolhurst Group Ltd, Intec Ltd, Ross Human Directions Ltd, Cabcharge Australia Ltd, Cypress Lakes Group Ltd, Mount Gibson Iron Ltd and Vulcan Resources Ltd. On Monday ...

Sisyphian challenge

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2008
Like the mythical king Sisyphus, fiscal and monetary authorities continue to push a huge boulder up a hill only to watch it roll back down. But while Sisyphus rolled the same rock over and over, the global boulder authorities are trying to push over ...

ATO security blunder sparks review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... possibly include encrypting sensitive information. A recent Symantec report found one of the biggest causes of data loss is human error and losing portable storage devices like laptops or USB drives.

PRI members push CSR movement

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2008
... MSCI World, FTSE All World and IFC Emerging Markets indices to sign the UN Global Compact, a set of principles regarding human rights, the environment and anti-corruption strategies. The principles provide a framework of widely accepted standards for ...

SimCorp scoops Vendor of the Year award

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... instruments are tracked through numerous spreadsheets or through an in-house developed system. Not only is this model prone to human error, it also doesn't offer the same transparency and disclosure required post the global financial crisis. XpressInstruments ...

NZ Super suffers $568m loss

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... responsible behaviour. This year alone we have been collectively involved in investor efforts to improve labour conditions and human rights in some problem areas, as well as promote carbon emissions disclosure amongst companies internationally," Orr ...

Game on for sustainability

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2008
... companies must meet FTSE's criteria across environmental practices, climate change mitigation, countering bribery, upholding human and labour rights and appropriate chain labour standards. The index' inclusion criteria is continually developed to ensure ...

Zurich launches cadetship program

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2008
... in finance even before they graduate - and Zurich is happy to pay for the cadet's university fees too. Zurich's head of human resources, Anne O'Keefe, said that they started the cadetship program this year as a way to address the nation's talent shortage. ...