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NAB Asset Servicing launches Carbon Report product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... Servicing sees this as an important step in helping clients with carbon monitoring and is an important extension to our existing ESG reporting," Comito said. "With investors and members also becoming more active in seeking additional information, the ...

Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... invested companies as a tool to overcome market inefficiencies, particularly as relates to environmental, social and governance (ESG) related issues, according to a panel of experts speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) ...

Investors discuss investing in two degree world at RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... managers who "are showing ambition and who see this as an opportunity to do something that takes a slightly different mindset to ESG," he said. "Not as a risk to be mitigated but an opportunity to make money. We want them to be ambitious and develop ...

Majority of 50 largest super funds have RI approach: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia conference in Melbourne. The report found that 86% of funds have some form of responsible investment, ranging from ESG integration, screening, corporate engagement or sustainability themed investing - across at least one asset class. RIAA surveyed ...

Julia Leske appointed new chief executive officer of CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... responsible 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 ...

RIAA conference to consider impact of consumer demand for ethical funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... and why we're doing is important to consumers, and not investment industry people. The challenge then is to talk about what ESG integration means to a consumer. I think we're a long way from understanding how to do that. As engagement increases, we can ...

New Zealanders want KiwiSaver funds to consider ESG factors: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... CEO According to the survey of 1,001 consumers, 95% believe it is of at least some importance that KiwiSaver funds consider ESG and/or ethical factors, and 81% rate the importance as 5/10 or higher. "These results show just how clearly New Zealanders ...

Australia, NZ assets perform strongly in GRESB Infrastructure Assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure Assessment, it is clear that the interest in sustainable infrastructure is high," said Emke Bus, managing director, ESG & Infrastructure at GRESB. "The development and operation of infrastructure projects will play an important role in ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire chief operating officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... takes up his new role on 1 December. "The PRI has made a huge contribution to moving environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the forefront of the financial services sector but we know that there is still a great deal more to be done," ...

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 ...