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VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) mandate. The mandate, worth approximately AU$310 million, will see SSgA invest in a portfolio of global equities that integrates ESG factors into a "proprietary dynamic alpha model," SSgA said. The portfolio ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Financial Group's Wrap Capital Protection, a product that "generates growth for retirement through their investment portfolio while preserving a minimum outcome at the end of an agreed term." The bank has also committed to making available up to AU$2 ...

CEFC invests $536 million across 39 projects in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)'s portfolio includes 39 investments of over AU$536 million, and every dollar that the CEFC has invested has attracted $2.90 of private sector investment. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The CEFC has released its annual ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Michael Salvatico, MSCI ESG Research, vice president, client coverage Asia, and Norman Tweeboom, Barclays, head of index, portfolio and risk solutions - Asia. This video is an edited version of the live discussion.

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... published today will provide unparalleled insight to investors aiming to seize a leadership position by educating their portfolio companies on this issue." Four Australian companies were asked to participate. Wesfarmers, Woolworths and CSL answered the ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations and their members. It has AU$900 million in assets under management and has three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio.

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... a lifestyle building in Docklands that could fit into the profile for an EUA." Wood, who is chair of the environment portfolio and deputy chair of the economic development portfolio, noted that the EUA plays a "huge role" in tipping the economics in ...

Ethinvest rallies support for BHP Billiton board candidate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Ethinvest is supporting a campaign to have climate advocate Ian Dunlop appointed to the BHP Board at its November AGM. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm founded on ethical investment principles, is supporting ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental data. MSCI ESG DataMetrics can be used in the development of proprietary ESG models and reporting on ESG and portfolio footprint analysis. "With investor awareness on ESG issues growing and the market maturing, there is a clear need both ...

Northern Trust: investor call for ESG data in private equity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... "Often, there is the headline risk that if something happens in society at large, people find that exposure [in their portfolio] and they weren't quite aware of it. They want increasing transparency from the GP [general partners] to understand the social ...