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First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Victoria and South Australia in a 20-year sale and leaseback structure with ASX-listed company Select Harvests. The investments are aligned with the fund's investment philosophy, said Richard Brandweiner, First State Super CIO. "There are two areas that ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... structural decline. But it's all about having a robust process, not just to identify risks, but to be able to change investments as circumstances change. This is all about how you approach the question of investment. It's not ultimately how you invest ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... SVA have formed a dedicated fund, the Social Impact Investment Trust, which allows HESTA to make direct and indirect investments in a range of businesses, housing projects and social impact bonds that deliver both financial returns and identifiable and ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Superannuation fund trustee boards must have processes in place to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks in investments and investment strategies. Evaluating the risks of ESG risks such as violations of human rights conventions, climate ...

NZ Super Fund invests in View Glass

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... officer. "We are pleased to be able to further diversify the Fund's portfolio of offshore, growth-oriented direct investments," Whineray said. "While these investments in early-stage companies with strong growth potential make up only a small part of ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... use corporate engagement, negative screens, a norms-based approach, which is unusual for this region, and they have investments in sustainably themed assets like renewable energy and low carbon. That seem to be the direction that the larger, more sophisticated ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... use responsible investment strategies, RIAA found. There has been strong demand by retail consumers for responsible investments - the rise in core responsible investment assets to nearly AU$32 billion has doubled In only two years. On the institutional ...

KPMG Australia buys Banarra

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... with Sydney Airport on their first sustainability report. See Also: KPMG: top global miners make $1.2bn in social investments Looking ahead to sustainability trends in 2015

UCA Funds Management select Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... status will remove exemptions provided to charitable and religious investment bodies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). UCA Funds Management will re-register two of ...

UCA Funds Management to convert funds to MIS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... status will remove exemptions provided to charitable and religious investment bodies by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting ...