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NAB Asset Servicing launches Carbon Report product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... interesting component of working with a custodian is that they have an integrated process of providing asset owners with research insights anyway, so their ability to integrate an ESG dimension there makes sense and makes things easier for asset owners ...

Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Australia conference. Alison George, head of policy at Regnan Governance Research and Engagement Investors are stakeholders in companies, as well as being owners of the company, which means they have ...

ANZ appoints Katharine Tapley head of sustainable finance solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... member of the Carbon Market Institute, advisory panel member for the Australia-Indonesia Centre's Urban Water Cluster research project and alumni of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership. Tapley is based in Sydney and the appointment is ...

Julia Leske appointed new chief executive officer of CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... investment through my role on the Investment Advisory Board of the ACT Department of Treasury." CAER is an independent ESG research house established in 2000 and has as global research and distribution partnership with Vigeo Eiris. Leske cited the Vigeo ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... consumers and key consumer insights, including a plenary session led by Mobius Group which, for years, have undertaken research on sustainability themes including sustainability products," O'Connor said. "As part of that, something we will be talking ...

CEFC identifies Australian states with best incentives for bioenergy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Territory as having policies that create an incentive for the deployment of energy from waste and bioenergy projects. CEFC research shows that those states have policy setting and levies that incentivise businesses to recycle waste and reduce operating ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... ethical funds risks being interpreted that people don't consider these issues to be important," O'Connor said. "What this research validates is that this is false, with the clear majority simply expecting their fund providers to consider these important ...

MSCI hires Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
MSCI has hired Michael Cheng to MSCI ESG Research, as vice president of corporate governance research. Cheng will be based in Hong Kong. He has more than two decades' experience in law, securities, governance and financial regulation. Prior to MSCI ...

Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... share price, with greatest potential impact on companies in the utilities, energy and materials sectors, according to new research from AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA IM Rosenberg Equities AXA ...

Impact Investing Australia surveys $1.2bn impact investment universe

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... enterprises, while domestically issued green bonds also showed increases in dollar value of impact investments, according to research from Impact Investing Australia. Rosemary Addis, chair of the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact ...