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Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... skin in the game and are aligned with investors, said Gordon Hagart, ACSI chief executive. "We have systematized the research such that we've identified the left tail, and the long-standing directors with no holdings will be an engagement point," Hagart ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... green bonds will be issued this year, increasing to around US$100bn next year," said Brian Upbin, head of benchmark index research at Barclays. "The Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family should prove to be an extremely useful tool for issuers and institutional ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... group, and integrates environmental, social and governance data from AXA IM's responsible investment team. "Our extensive research shows ESG smart beta can offer investors a lower risk and higher return than index investing, along with a defensive strategy ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... be sure that investments don't make matters worse." Cate Lamb, head of water at CDP cited a report from the UK Water Research and Innovation Partnership that found global expenditure on water and sewerage to 2050 was close to US$8.606 trillion. "This ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Alexis Cheang, principal, senior responsible investment consultant, Mercer, Michael Salvatico, vice president, MSCI ESG Research A panel of experts spoke on the issue of fossil fuel divestment this week at a panel hosted by The Sustainability Report ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... better sustainability performance and ratings have a higher equity ratio, according to independent rating agency oekom research. oekom research has published a study, The importance of sustainability criteria in assessing the opportunities and risks ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "Highly Recommended" rating, and five funds were assigned a "recommended" rating. Lonsec rates those funds that pay the research house for ratings services, Sweeney said. In addition to the one and three year statistics, RI funds have also performed ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. Dr Ulysses Chioatto, former executive director and head of research Australia and NZ, ISS APRA sent a letter to superannuation funds earlier this month, informing them that as a result of ...

DCA panel addresses employment of people with disabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... committed employees, we stay longer in jobs, we take less sick leave and we make fewer workers compensation claims. I have research to support all of them, yet 45% of us live in poverty. We are employed at a rate 30% lower than the rate of employment ...

UNSW issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... firs t sustainability report, disclosing its environmental and social performance and the impact of its sustainability research and education. The university disclosed its performance around waste, water and energy, as well as its performance as community ...