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Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... expectations on the board," said Phillip Spathis, Manager - Strategy and Engagement at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), a body representing41 'profit-for-member' superannuation funds with more than AU$300bn in assets under management. ...

ACSI releases study on ASX200 ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... children's poem -where the leading companies are good and getting better, but, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), "over half of the ASX 200 still fail to provide considered and meaningful disclosure on their ESG risks ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. Helga Birgden Having a concrete market signal allows superannuation funds to focus on a plan, said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "Through our own work ...

Four Australians up for election to UNPRI council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Advisory Council. Frank Pegan, CEO of the AU$4.17bn Catholic Super, Ann Byrne, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors, Denis Donohue, managing director of Solaris Wealth Management and Manny Pohl, CEO of Hyperion Asset Management ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... scheme, allowing the carbon price to then be set by the market and permits to be traded. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), an industry body 41 profit-for-member superannuation funds with a collective AU$300bn in assets under ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Department of Treasury and Finance. Ros McKay joined VFMC as governance manager in 2009 from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. She speaks with The Sustainability Report about her remit and VFMC's view of ESG and sustainable investment ...

AustralianSuper hires investment governance manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The AU$40bn AustralianSuper industry superannuation fund has hired Andrew Gray for the newly created position of investment governance manager. "This move will bolster the fund's Active Investor Program which will focus on activities that will enhance ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... said. "This year, we'll continue to work with the [UK] Financial Services Authority and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors." CFSGAM's reporting work has yielded additional questions from clients on ESG management, a pleasing development ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... rises on companies to disclose how they manage ESG risks, reporting of how asset managers and asset owners like superannuation funds use this information to achieve stated sustainability goals is voluntary and non-standard, leading to questions of how ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Bringing ESG risk/reward considerations to institutional investors such as superannuation funds is a matter of "intervention" and education for investment consultant Mercer, which has a specialist ESG team that produces research and develops strategies ...