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Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Vision Super is seeking to hire an environmental activist to join their Climate Action Team. Stephen Rowe, Vision Super CEO The Climate Action Team was established to manage climate change risks in investments, and push for policy changes at national ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Responsible investments have more than quadrupled over the past three years to $622 billion, with 44% of Australia's assets under management invested through some form of responsible investment strategy, according to the Responsible Investment Association ...

Mercer study reveals diversity gap in investment management industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... industry-wide employee and career value proposition and promote to diverse talent pools." This necessitates engaging portfolio managers in the problem and the solution, as well as embedding behavioural expectations into performance expectations. "It ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... level to give an insight into each teams culture and approach towards responsible investment, at this level some of the portfolio footprinting approaches don't work. Secondly, the way that carbon intensity is calculated, if you don't break it down by ...

Regnan hires Pauline Vamos as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... CEO, Amanda Wilson, stepped down from that role in February to who is departing today from Regnan, will transition to a portfolio career. In 2015, Regnan reorganised its ownership structure to consolidate its owners from eight to two, as part of a strategic ...

Parametric explores integration of responsible investing in peer-constrained world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds from implementing responsible investing ideas or strategies, according to research from Parametric Portfolio Associates. Jennifer Sireklove, Parametric global director of responsible investing Parametric Portfolio Associates, a global ...

Pengana selects WHEB Asset Management to manage Hunter Hall Global Deep Green Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... we can address the social challenges and environmental challenges," Myers said. "Any company that makes it into the portfolio has to earn at least 30% of its revenue from solving some of these challenges, and one or more of these themes have to be addressed." ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... of the business response to climate change. As investors, our role is to identify climate change impacts across our portfolio and implement strategies in response. The release of the final TCFD recommendations are a significant milestone as industry ...

Nuveen launches two new ESG exchange traded funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... international laws and regulations as well as commonly accepted global norms related to ESG matters. The result is a portfolio that offers the performance and risk characteristics of traditional core benchmarks, but with an ESG focus." Although Nuveen's ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches Environmental Equity Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia has launched the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust. The trust is a "true to label" vehicle that is based on the investment thesis that "population dynamics, resource scarcity, inadequate infrastructure and ...