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Socially responsible investors were rewarded for their do-gooding in the year to March 31, with the median return for SRI Australian share funds outstripping the rest of the field, according to a new survey. By Annabel Day AFR 21 march
Social Return on Investment: valuing what matters by David Aeron-Thomas, Jeremy Nicholls, Sarah Forster, Andrea Westall Capturing the value of social activities through a measurement technique called Social Return on Investment (SROI) has great potential to improve the way organisations work and how resources are allocated, as well as illustrating the value of social and environmental impacts. We have developed an approach to SROI that is guided by stakeholders and provides different levels for organisations to use depending on their starting point, capacity or resources. It is of use for organisational management and delivery in the social economy; public expenditure and investment; grant giving and financial investment; and corporate responsibility. http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/uploads/ck3oqu4515ubcv55e1xhminn21042004165114.pdf
* Australia's Funds Pool Still Fourth Largest Australia remains the fourth largest market for mutual fund assets with US$518 billion at fourth quarter 2003, according to the most recent release of statistics and research from the Investment Company Institute (ICI). The total pool of mutual fund assets worldwide rose to US$13.96 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter 2003, up from US$11.32 from the fourth quarter 2002. Assets for the Asia-Pacific increased from US$1 trillion to US$1.3 trillion over the same period. http://www.axiss.com.au/content/pubs/a2a_email/89-2004-05-24.asp#Fourth
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