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Investors urge adoption of carbon legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The Gillard government has introduced its Clean Energy Future Legislation into parliament and scheduled a vote in the House of Representatives for 12 October, a move welcomed by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). Under legislation outlined ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales-based Local Government Super (LGS) manages nearly AU$6bn in assets with 100,000 members, including 60,000 employees working for local government or related employers throughout NSW and 40,000 former local government employees. It ...

Carbon price to have limited impact on superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... portfolios combined, suggesting that funds could reduce their carbon footprints without sacrificing financial returns. "Super funds, as owners of Australia's major corporations, need to know how the value of their investments may change under a carbon ...

ASX100 CEO pay increases faster than stock value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The salaries of ASX100 CEOs increased 131% and the median bonus increased 190% in the first decade of this century, while the stock value of the same ASX100 companies only increased 31%, according to research by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Australian property funds top GRESB list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... research was supported by23 institutional investors and affiliated groups and consultancies, including Local Government Super (LGS), AustralianSuper and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation. There is a marked improvement in the number of participants ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales (NSW) based Local Government Super (LGS) has seen nine of its 11 directly owned buildings upgraded from five NABERS stars to six stars, the maximum score for environmental performance of commercial buildings. One of LGS's properties ...

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
James Thier, a founding director of Australian Ethical Investment, has retired from the company as of last week. Australian Ethical is a fund manager with AU$650m in assets under management, specialising in ethical and sustainable investment since its ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment approaches in a number of structured fashions, including tilting towards or against ESG factors, taking an active ownership approach, targeted ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) has released the fifth edition of its governance guidelines ' A Guide for Superannuation Trustees to monitor listed Australian companies'. The guide, which is updated every second year, includes ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... performance." Supported by 23 institutional investors and affiliated groups and consultancies, including Local Government Super (LGS), AustralianSuper and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation, GRESB's research is coordinated out of the Maastricht ...