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VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper has developed a new benchmark index for its passive international fixed interest portfolio that integrates sovereign risk criteria evaluating countries for their willingness and ability to repay debt. Ronan Walsh, VicSuper The AU$9.8bn public ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... environment due to the weaker global economy, saying that it was focusing on "more actively managing capital across our portfolio of businesses so we continue to build out our super regional strategy in the most capital-efficient way," and "re-engineering ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... BlackRock we have great respect for his abilities and believe he will make a strong contribution to managing Greencape's portfolio," said Ryland, portfolio manager. Greencape is a UNPRI signatory and integrates ESG awareness into its investment process. ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... allocated microfinance mandates to Triodos Bank, which they classify as residing in the "defensive alternatives" part of the portfolio, and to Microvest, which it labels as part of the "growth alternatives" part of the portfolio. The super fund has also ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... social impact measurement comes into play when communicating to third parties like stakeholders or when analysing our portfolio as a whole".

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... February 2013. Hunter Hall's institutional mandates will be managed by Simon Bridger who joined Hunter Hall in 2012 as a portfolio manager from Perpetual.

Charter Hall publishes first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... manages 184 properties for wholesale, institutional and retail clients, with an AU$9.6bn predominately Australian property portfolio across the core office, industrial and retail sectors. It reported a statutory profit after tax of AU$16.7m for the 2011-2012 ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... due diligence into LCAL, the merger is expected to be completed by 30 June, and, if all proceeds as planned, LCAL's portfolio will facilitate building the CEFC's investment pipeline. LCAL is an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank's custody and administration division is in the process of developing a responsible investment overlay tool that will provide superannuation fund trustees with a monthly report on the environmental, social and governance exposures ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has released a global climate investment index ranking the world's largest institutional asset owners on how they invest to manage climate risk. Australia's Local Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional ...