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Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer is revisiting the topic of a 2011 study examining the strategic asset allocation implications of climate change scenarios, partnering with a group of institutional investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga ...

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... approximately $4 billion in total assets, JBWere said. The average PAF has assets of $3 million, JBWere said. The asset allocation of PAFs tends to mirror the attitudes to risk of the founder or trustee of the PAF, and can also be quite conservative ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... financial assets and is responsible for managing the university's funds and preparing investment strategy and other asset allocation and investment policy papers for consideration by the University's governing bodies, according to ANU. The Investment ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... boards on decision making. The survey found that on big issues - setting fund strategy, risk management, strategic asset allocation or selecting a new CEO - confidence was high. "Funds feel reasonably confident around things like fund strategy, things ...

Christian Super to merge with Australian Christian Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Between now and October 1, Christian Super will focusing on transitioning Australian Christian Super to their asset allocation and fund options, in line with the ethically invested approach of Christian Super, Murphy said. "The decision to merge with ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... range, but the extent to which they cause under or overweighting of assets vary depending on the asset class, asset allocation and time horizon of the fund, he explained. "If you're looking at the overall asset allocations for the balanced funds, the ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... can now offer that fund to investors and the benefit of that is especially for advisers who create their own asset allocation and their own funds." The trust's benchmark is the UBS Composite Bond Index, and the largest single component is a portfolio ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels in question, and the time horizon of new projects. Mercer has explored climate change risks and asset allocation in previous reports, and stranded assets mesh with that work, Ambachtsheer said. "I think that around stranded assets, we're ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
Charities and faith-based organisations can introduce defensive and growth asset investments to their asset allocation while still exercising responsible stewardship of their resources, according to a paper written by UCA Funds Management. Michael Walsh ...

NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... pornography would be very highly regarded." Based on that research, NGS Super is designing the SRI option with asset allocation to Australian shares, international shares, infrastructure, and the fund's existing AU$500,000 stake in an AU$7 million social ...