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Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... that are investing include US TIAA-CREF, Swedish AP2 and AP3, Netherlands APG, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and NZ Super." Noble was speaking from his perspective at IPCM, a new boutique investment firm with operations in London and Paris. It ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management's assets under management grew by 10% to more than AU$900 million last year and will register their retail funds as registered managed investment schemes, according to their 2013 annual report. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

LUCRF selects Northern Trust for ESG-screened mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Labour Union Co-operative Retirement Fund (LUCRF) has appointed Northern Trust Asset Management's international business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) will invest in AMP Capital's Community Infrastructure Fund (CommIF), a decision influenced by the social and environmental qualities that are part of the fund, said Bill Hartnett, LGS's head of sustainability. Bill Hartnett ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
Increased environmental and social activism by non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the rising importance of human and labour rights as a social issue for companies and a divergence between considerations of governance and social and environmental ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... the barriers that often come up in those discussions." The role play was scripted, and featured Cate Wood, chair of Care Super, outgoing president of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Frank Pegan, CEO of Catholic Super, chair of IGCC ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Management, AMP Capital, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, Local Government Super, and QBE Insurance Group Ltd. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional Bank are the joint-lead managers for this transaction. ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... an opportunity for charitable trust foundations in developing the market - they have an ability to take higher risk than super funds, and more flexible in the types and the size of the transactions as well. Most superannuation funds are trying to move ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... imposed on trustees and their directors by the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act). The recent Stronger Super reforms place greater importance on the risk management and due diligence processes undertaken by superannuation trustees in ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Incorporating a quality factor overlay into a portfolio that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can add "significant excess return" to ESG portfolios, according to Northern Trust. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research ...