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Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian market." Australian asset owners are interested in seeing how the adaptation of the SDGs might impact on their investments and investment processes, but it will require an adaptation of the SDGs' taxonomy for investment purposes, which is ...

Conduct risk a concern for financial services sector: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm, CommInsure. Investigations by regulators such as the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and penalties for improper conduct could increase in future, which could impact on investment risk and returns ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... rental companies, which McCullagh also participated in. Kelly Christodoulou, environmental, social, governance manager, investments at AustralianSuper, suggested that brokers list questions that they determine are not being answered by companies around ...

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to capture the market return." AXA IM currently has AU$655 billion (â,¬333 billion) of ESG-integrated and impact investments managed globally. RIAA has maintained a certification program for 10 years, but spent last year revising and strengthening ...

Super funds on ESG engagement at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... to maximise members' retirement outcomes. Our belief is that ESG can impact on the long term risks and returns of investments, and to achieve our goals, we have to consider ESG issues alongside traditional financial matters in our investment decisions. ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... establishing platforms for greater collaboration on proxy voting and engagement within teams, implementing a "controvsial investments' monitoring process, developing and implementing an ESG impact monitoring and reporting system, adding ESG data to global ...

Investor groups publish sustainable real estate guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... including the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have published a sustainable research guide covering real estate investments. Emma Herd, CEO, IGCC Sustainable Real Estate Investment - Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement: An Action Framework ...

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has hired Michael Murray to its investments team. Murray has 18 years' experience as a portfolio manager for ethical and ESG aware clients and has previously worked at Integrity Investment Management and AMP Capital. "I look forward ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has hired Benjamin Pedley as its new director investments. Benjamin Pedley, director investments, UCA Funds Management Pedley comes to UCA Funds Management from HSBC Private Bank based in Hong Kong, where he was head of investment ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... project is also supported by 22 regulatory and professional organisations including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), CPA Australia, Governance Institute of Australia, Australian Institute of Company Directors and Transparency ...