HENDERSON NEW STAR

George Latham, head of SRI funds at Henderson New Star (the new retail brand for Henderson Global Investors in the UK, following the acquisition of New Star in April 2009) says:
"The past few years have shown that ethical and green investors can combine competitive financial returns with their desire for environmental and social progress. This is our second year as sponsors of National Ethical Investment Week. Following last year's success we are looking forward to continuing to stimulate debate and broaden awareness of ethical and green investments. The current market environment serves only to highlight the importance of many of the issues that such investments aim to tackle."

Henderson New Star is an independent asset management firm with operations in Europe, Asia and the United States. As of 30th June 2009, we have £53.0 billion in assets under management. We provide institutional, retail and high net-worth clients with investment services across a range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, property and private equity. Visit our corporate website for more information.

Our specialist Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) team is one of the world's leading providers of ethical funds. Henderson has been managing such investments since 1977, and currently has approximately £581.3 million (as of 30th June 2009) in a range of investment funds. Our clients include pension funds, charities and individuals, and come from many regions including the UK, Europe, and the United States.

For Henderson, SRI is a dynamic investment approach, based on a simple premise which can be described as 'doing well by doing good'. Our investment expertise has been recognised with our fund managers being highly rated* by the likes of Citywire and Standard & Poor, and our SRI research receiving awards and commendations**. Visit Henderson's SRI website for more information.

* Citywire top 100 UK Fund Manager 2007 – Tim Dieppe; Standard and Poor's 'A' rating of 2 products (2008); Tim Dieppe and George Latham, both 'A' rated by City Wire (January 2009)
**2001 – 'best practice SRI' by MISTRA; 2004 – launch of the pioneering Industries of the Future process; 2005 – produced world first 'carbon audit' of an investment portfolio; 2008 – First UK fund manager to qualify for us of the European SRI transparency guidelines logo