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Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... bribery and corruption "garner strong support", according to the survey, while exclusion criteria, such as alcohol or tobacco, are rarely considered. LGT Capital Partners and Mercer also surveyed respondents on stakeholder concerns. Overall, approximately ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... The Victoria Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced that it will divest from direct investments in equity of tobacco manufacturers. VFMC is a AU$46.6 billion state-owned funds manager for a number of public authorities and bodies. Divestment ...

Towers Watson outlines framework for fossil fuel risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... resourcing point of view." See Also: Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) screens. LUCFR tapped Northern Trust to run the global ex-Australia fund with customised screens to exclude tobacco companies and cluster munitions manufacturers, in line with LUCRF's ESG policy and its commitments as a signatory to ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... we've been vindicated on those things. But it's not for us to advise a single fund, or how to approach an issue, like tobacco, which for the most part has been dealt with as a normative issue." Fund-level values and policies But what of normative issues ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... business activity is at odds with the fund's defined ESG principles, including the production of armaments, uranium and tobacco said Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer of Altius. "We were aware that a lot of investors who want to invest witha responsible/sustainable ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... associated with climate change. It could also be risks associated with other things, so for example, an investment in a tobacco company carries its own risks which are community based and policy based. Hence a lot of funds have divested from tobacco ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... are invested in." LGS has also fully excluded investments in controversial weapons - land minds and cluster bombs - and tobacco.

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Since 2011, 16 superannuation funds have divested from AU$1.2 billion in tobacco stocks, and one Melbourne oncologist has made it her cause to persuade the superannuation industry to divest from the rest of what she estimates is a total of AU$8.5 billion ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... business to manage an AU$220 million global equity index mandate that incorporates the fund's ESG screens, which exclude tobacco companies and cluster munitions manufacturers. "One of the things Northern Trust always ensures is to listen to what the ...