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Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... all the teams and then also asset class-specific training. Q: How does VFMC view ESG risk/reward in terms of the total portfolio? RM: It is one of the many factors that we take into account and it's not limited to equities per se. it's a factor we take ...

AustralianSuper hires investment governance manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... fund's Active Investor Program which will focus on activities that will enhance or protect the value of the investment portfolio," said Kelly Christodoulou, ESG investment manager at AustralianSuper. "The appointment supports the fund's belief that better ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management reports on responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... report, CFSGAM also highlighted in-house research that the top rated ESG stocks in its Global Listed Infrastructure portfolio outperformed the bottom-rated stocks by more than 20% over a three year period to May 2010, suggesting a connection between ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... anticipated to come to Australia, funds must have processes ready to manage the exposures that they will have in the portfolio, MacPhee said. "I think, with the impending carbon price [ESG] certainly does matter," he said. "The funds' attitudes and members' ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... rating fund managers on their ESG strategies and implementation to advising clients of ESG risks extant to their existing portfolio and how to invest in potential sources of ESG alpha in a way that is commensurate with their strategic asset allocation ...

The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Large asset owners that own a slice of country's economy and market through their portfolios are exposed to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors that might impact long-term value, but they have the ability to use that economic and financial ...

Catholic Super hires investment manager for sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... role, Guyatt will be responsible for designing and implementing a responsible investment program across the fund's total portfolio, said fund CIO Garrie Lette. She will join the superannuation fund in September. "Danyelle will be involved as part of ...

Climate change issues integrated into investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... globally view climate change as a material investment risk/opportunity, and most frequently look to their listed equity portfolio when considering climate change issues, according to a Mercer study commissioned by international climate change forums. ...

Integrating ESG to enhance quantitative-style investment analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... looking series of qualitative and quantitative measurements to augment some of the more traditional metrics of modern portfolio theory, which depend on backward looking data. "Many investors' see themselves as universal owners, and a primary way of framing ...

Investor Profile: Australian Ethical Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... takes a totally different approach. It will engage with all companies because it does hold all companies within the portfolio and engages primarily via the resolution at annual general meetings. We are taking a methodical approach to the companies and ...

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UN pension chief joins Northern Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The head of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is taking on a new role at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Podcast: Exploring emerging markets and sustainability

THE GREENER WAY
Pablo Berrutti, senior portfolio specialist at Stewart Investors, discusses emerging market investment opportunities and their main growth drivers.

Carbon emission stabilisation 'reframes' investment climate risk: Emmi

MATTHEW WAI
Latest modelling from Emmi indicates carbon emissions may plateau within the next two years before gradually declining, signalling the first ever emission stabilisation outside of an economic crisis.

Hollywood heavyweights call on pension fund to divest fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON
The likes of Sally Field, Mark Ruffalo and Jane Fonda are calling on the SAG-Producers Pension Plan to dump its holdings in oil and gas companies.

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