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ACSI launches Stewardship Code for Australian asset owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... focus that asset owners have on good stewardship". Stewardship codes are in place in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. This is the first stewardship code to focus exclusively on the activities of Australian asset owners. ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... indices to reduce carbon emissions and reserves intensity by 50%. Susan Darroch, head of Global Equity BetaSolutions, Asia ex Japan, State Street Global Advisors The State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust is the next phase for ...

Less than one-fifth of board, executive positions held by women globally: Vigeo Eiris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... companies with lower statistics on gender diversity and focus on engagement, Leske noted. "Think about what's going on in Japan," she said. "Japan is by far the worst performer when it comes to representation at board and representation level in our ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Kirsten Armstrong, director of knowledge and innovation at The Fred Hollows Foundation. The Fred Hollows Foundation, in conjunction with partners, will become the first investors in a new social enterprise designed to provide funding for eye care centres ...

Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... announced it was closing its Singapore office and reallocate resources towards a stronger presence in Australia and an office in Japan. The Sydney and Tokyo offices not only focus on clients services, but will generate research about their respective ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... to the GFC. The UK published the first Stewardship Code in 2010, and other markets have followed suit including the US, Japan, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Switzerland, South Korea, Malaysia and Brazil. "All of our members have to adhere to the standards," ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... rising governance issue, and for investment governance, the spread of Stewardship Codes is an issue as well. While the UK and Japan have implemented Stewardship Codes, Australia has not yet done so, and Emslie said Australia is "a little bit behind" ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... of investments, APAC, at SSgA SSgA performed a survey of 475 institutional investors, 39% of which were based in APAC - Japan, Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, China and Australia. Of the APAC respondents, 70% said that ESG strategy had significantly improved ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... implementing, or plan to implement ESG in their investment process, 194 were from APAC, with Australia on 45, Singapore on 34, Japan on 27, Hong Kong on 25, South Korea on 18, Taiwan on 18, and Mainland China on 17. Of the 194 APAC investors, 72% said ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... trillion in 2014. Europe has 53% of global SRI assets, followed by the US on 38%, with Canada at 4.7%, Australia/NZ at 2.3%, Japan at 2.1% and Asia ex-Japan at 0.2%. Japan posted the biggest jump in SRI assets under management, going from $7 billion ...