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Westpac, CBA, Benevolent Society launch social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... bond will fund the maintenance of existing centres, and the planned expansion of six more centres in New South Wales. NGS Super took AU$500,000 of the bond. See Also: NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond New South Wales announces first social ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) will launch its new reporting framework in October, an undertaking that is "one of the most important things the PRI can do," said Fiona Reynolds, PRI managing director. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... industry is doing to integrate the regulatory, operational and administrative changes stemming from the government's Stronger Super reforms. "There is so much happening, particularly around My Super, that we don't want to focus on extra information," ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... "She has been an articulate advocate on ESG issues for many years and has a deep understanding, on behalf of millions of super fund members, of the importance of improved corporate governance in Australia's corporate landscape." In the last year, Byrne ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay Australia is urging the federal government to adopt standards of mandatory disclosure for companies in the mining and extractive industry. Publish What you Pay Australia's push comes as the European Parliament voted in favour of ...

NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has decided to exclude a group of nuclear base operators because they are involved in programs to extend the life of nuclear stockpiles in the United States and United Kingdom. The NZ$22bn NZ Superannuation Fund will ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental activist Bill McKibben has met with superannuation funds during his recent Australian tour, pressing the economic and moral case for investors to divest from fossil fuel companies. Bill McKibben, co-founder and chairman of the board of ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super has become the first superannuation fund to invest in a social benefit bond with an AU$500,000 allocation to an AU$7 million bond. The social benefit bond (SBB) was launched by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and will fund the Newpin program ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... asset owners need to become more present in engagement activities, in addition to using third party experts. "A lot of the super funds haven't had that primary agency - they have outsourced it to engagement specialists, or said that their fund managers ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian government will consider whether mining companies should be made to disclose the payments they make on a country-by-country basis after evaluating the results of the Australian pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative ...