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Regnan appoint Amanda Wilson managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Amanda Wilson has been confirmed as the permanent managing director of research and corporate engagement firm Regnan. Wilson joined Regnan as deputy managing director last year, but has been acting MD since February, following the unexpected departure ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Management Corporation, GRESB's research is coordinated out of the Maastricht University's European Centre for Corporate Engagement and has received around 350 responses from various real investment firms and vehicles. Kok noted that Australia generally ...

Board capacity a key governance concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... confidence that the chair has a clear view of the 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 ...

Chartered Secretaries advise EU to use comply or explain codes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... depends on shareholders paying attention to explanations. That is why we have developed the Stewardship Code to encourage engagement by institutional shareholders. It now has over 170 signatories. We will also consider how the quality of explanations ...

Social risk: the impact on the Australian cattle industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... Territory Cattlemen's Association, the lobby group for pastoral operations in the Northern Territory, does see stakeholder engagement as part of its function, said Tom Stockwell, chair of the NTCA's Katherine region. "The recognition of the need to engage ...

ANZ files report for United Nations Global Compact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... commitments to "ensure fair and safe working conditions, eliminate discrimination and harassment, improve employee engagement, promote freedom of association, and eliminate all forms of child, forced or compulsory labour." ANZ engages with stakeholders ...

Solaris Investment Management appoint ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... weren't able to do before. Solaris "actively engages" with its invested companies and votes proxies as part of its engagement activities, Youhanna added. Domagala has set up a database framework to centralise information relating to environmental, social ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... providers for voting, The Investor Group on Climate Change [IGCC] and the Carbon Disclosure Project [CDP] and Regnan our engagement service provider. Another key part of my role is working closely with our investment teams to implement ESG into our decision ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... commitment in support of sustainability and RI. We do things like collaborate and engage in a variety of ways, and we use engagement overlay managers in global markets as well as Australia. But we have never had a specific component of our portfolio ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... perspective. Q : I'm glad you went to that point. When looking to the ESG reportage done by companies, how it play into the engagement you might have with a company that you invest in, and how does it play into a company in which you're looking to invest? ...