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CFSGAM reports on responsible investment, stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... ESG integration as an input to an investment process - but it's the outputs that matter, being the companies in the portfolio. How do they represent what the fund manager say about their ESG integration approach, engagement priorities and the objectives ...

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 ...

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority that will increase disclosures to fund members. "The portfolio level disclosure is an important step," she said. "There are protections in there to protect funds - there will be ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has suggested establishing a dedicated social 'investment bank' as one means of increasing access to capital for social sector enterprises. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... index construction mandates, although research provides such as MSCI have developed benchmark indices to permit passive portfolio construction. Recently, the AU$11.5 billion VicSuper selected State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to run its global equities ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... director, Ethical Investment Advisers The Ethical Investment Advisers Mid-Cap SMA currently has 29 companies in the portfolio, selected from the wider ASX300 universe, said Louise Edkins, director, Ethical Investment Advisers. The equities in the portfolio ...

PRI finds limited disclosure of fracking activity, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Oil and gas producing and servicing companies provide "very limited" disclosure around risks and impacts of their hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activity, according to research commissioned by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Fiona ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... allocation and their own funds." The trust's benchmark is the UBS Composite Bond Index, and the largest single component is a portfolio of Commonwealth government bonds, representing 38.7% of trust assets as of the end of December, 2013. Exposure to ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... assess there's a gap between where the ratings are and industry best practice, and looking at thematic allocations at the portfolio level to assess what are the drivers from an economic perspective and assessing how themes such as changing regulatory ...

350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 3% of the 2-degree C goal. The report also examines the composition and potential returns of an Australian equities portfolio that excludes fossil fuel -based companies. The report broke fossil fuel companies up into four categories according to their ...