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AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the ESG SmartBeta strategy, AXA Rosenberg uses AXA IM's responsible investment team's summary ESG score, which ranks a company from 1 to 10 on their performance across key ESG indicators, and overlays it into the SmartBeta strategy. The AXA Rosenberg ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental and economic risks impacting organisations' financial viability," Woo said. "Core to this is a recognition that a company should articulate how it creates value, how it is managing and minimising value destruction etc. There are of course ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... strong focus on building confidence among investors, ensuring accountability and transparency between shareholders and company management. AMP Capital pointed to the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia as examples where institutional investors ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... analysis. This type of data and external perspective provides a layer of accountability and acts as a good gauge of whether a company's policies, processes and commitments are translating into performance."

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has invested more than C$100m in Alterra Power Corporation, a global renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia. AMP Capital has structured a C$110 million subordinated loan facility for Alterra ...

Sustainalytics hires Gary Hewitt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) research solutions. "The scope of corporate governance practices and behaviors impacting a company's long-term ability to create shareholder value continues to expand," Hewitt said. "This is an exciting time in the field of ...

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Knowles noted. "The other area where you see people having a growth allocation is where people bring in stocks from a company where they've been successfully involved with it," he said. "They donate that stock to the PAF rather than cash. That tends ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Manus Island. Although the fund is not divesting from its holdings in Transfield, they are seeking information from the company, said Peter Murphy, Christian Super CEO. "We want more information on what their welfare-led approach to the Manus Island ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... the Australian National University (ANU)'s Investment Office with environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and company reports as part of a new agreement. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO ANU's Investment Office manages the university's financial ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... to support a $1.4 million redeployable, large-scale solar-diesel hybrid power plant pilot project. Global construction company Laing O'Rourke would be constructing, setting up and packing down the project, which would be a world first, said ARENA CEO ...