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Climate change realities necessitate superannuation response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... approach, but the number of regulatory initiatives runs into the thousands." With that as the backdrop, David Paradice, portfolio manager of Paradice Investment Management and a member of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) expert review explained ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... members," Stewart said. "The majority of members are in a default fund option, and if you have an overlay across the entire portfolio, that adds an additional layer of perspective." This is flowing through to investment choice, with 25% of superannuation ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... equities, with a set of 12 ESG factors - four environmental, four social, four governance - which can be incorporated into portfolio measurement and monitoring. The partnership combines GBST's quantitative data strategies with CAER's qualitative research. ...

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon intensive, but a lower overall risk scoring than MSCI World index." The audit showed that LGS's Australian share portfolio's carbon footprint was 285.8 tonnes, against a benchmark of 297.6 tonnes, and the aggregate LGS ESG score is 7.5, below ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Sustainable Australian Shares investment option, and are planning to expand our sustainability criteria to the Fixed Interest portfolio." LGS has nearly AU$6bn in assets under management, and around AU$3.1bn are invested in responsible investment strategies ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Fund mandate. SIG selected Five Oceans Asset Management for three broad reasons, including the firm's high conviction portfolio, their "effective" use of derivative and hedging strategies, and the research Five Oceans undertakes to integrate environmental ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors from 12 countries, including Statewide Super and New Zealand Superannuation Fund, have contacted 118 UN Global Compact (UNGC) companies on the issue of increased reporting on environmental, social and governance activities. ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... did not impact distributions, and the inclusion in 2010 of a substantial uplift in the value of the US Seniors Housing portfolio." GPT is a diversified property group, which owns real estate in the retail, office and industrial/business park sectors ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... private sector and which shifts the risk/return equation of a project. "How do you increase the scale - you could take the portfolio approach of bundling small projects," she said. "There are two aspects to the scale issue - a lot of these projects are ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
FTSE Group have launched four new indices within the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Index Series that weight listed equities in Australia, Europe and Japan based on their exposure to future carbon risks. The new indices include FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Australia ...