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March 2008
PGGM makes one of world’s biggest institutional investments in microfinance
Fund manager for Dutch healthcare fund commits €200m to small-scale lending over 2-3 years.
Green private banking boom behind 67% annual rise in Swiss sustainable assets
High net worth and retail investors overtake institutions in allocations to SRI themed funds.
RI round-up March 27
RI’s bite-sized round-up of the week’s responsible investment news.
May conference could make cluster bomb investment illegal
Irish reserve fund prepares to pull €27m from cluster bomb companies.
US property energy efficiency booms as TIAA-CREF promises 10% cuts
Real estate arm says it has already saved the equivalent of an estimated 37 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.
Returns OK, risk higher: Oxford Uni commissioned report on SRI funds
Report supports colleges’ consideration of SRI for investment funds.
Norway’s €250bn govt fund reveals engagement results
Fund says it will also start disclosing complete shareholder voting decisions on-line.
Market turbulence drives investors to SRI cash funds
Money market funds rise among the best sellers for January after equity market scares.
RI round-up March 20
RI’s bite-sized round-up of the week’s responsible investment news.
One in nine US professionally invested dollars now in SRI
US SIF records growth in all SRI strategies, including new markets in ETFs and hedge funds.
RI Landscape 2008 asset owners survey hits $1.5 trillion
Second part of RI Landscape 2008 for asset managers now open.
Swedish fund research finds serious SRI performance lag
Report on Swedish mutual fund market suggests ‘norms-based screening’ can add returns, however.
RI round-up March 14
RI’s bite-sized round-up of the week’s major SRI news.
More major funds join cluster bomb company boycott
Irish reserve fund to review while Denmark’s Industriens pulls out of cluster bomb links.
Managers should sign PRI to pitch for £4-5bn annual UK pensions cash
Conservative Party amendment would put PRI at the heart of personal pension accounts.
Mass PRIM and CalPERS mandate for natural resources and timber
Massachusetts fund brief could include renewable energy, farmland and mineral investments.
RI round-up March 7
RI’s bite-sized round-up of the week’s most important responsible investment stories.
Foundations: $600bn of assets that need to get active
Why foundations should use the markets to support their philanthropic work.
Sub-prime and carbon: an eerie similarity
Supporting renewable energy is a first step, but banks must also come clean about fossil fuel financing.