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UNPRI signatories name corporate ESG engagement issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... three years, which would be coordinated by the PRI secretariat. The clearinghouse has undertaken activities including research on ESG issues and then discussing those findings with companies to address those issues. Other issues that institutional investors ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... first stages, a centralised approach to the PRI commitments will be driven through Neuberger Berman's central equity research team that has 27 analysts in the firm's New York office, headed by Tim Creedon. The commitment to join the PRI is causing the ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... comes with additional risk in terms of quality, lead times and sweatshop issues." The AMP Capital report by sustainable research analyst Mans Carlsson-Sweeny cited Myer as one example. Myer has not renewed its contract with Asian sourcing agent Li & ...

O'Halloran to step down as RIAA executive director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... under management, ranging from advisers, dealer groups, investment managers, superannuation funds, faith-based investors, research firms, asset consultants and insurance companies. As executive director, O'Halloran established RIAA's world-first independently ...

ClimateWorks Australia name Hill, Ridout to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Monash University. "Its mission is to catalyse action to substantially reduce Australia's greenhouse emissions, through research and collaboration to drive implementation," ClimateWorks said.

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds are realising that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors should be integrated into macro-level investment decisions, and not merely as issues in individual companies, according to boutique fund manager Solaris Investment ...

ANZ a leader in financial inclusion, with scope to expand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... report. According to the review, in 2003, ANZ set three objectives around financial inclusion and capability - "update its research into financial literacy every two years; integrate findings and insights from research into its business operations; and ...

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... are not only ticking the boxes from an UNPRI perspective, or working in that direction, but also from an independent research list as well." Emerald Club currently have around 220 funds on their approved product list, and will filter those funds as part ...

ESG disclosures relevant to investors' decision-making

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental issues, is used by analysts and investors to help analyse and inform investment decisions, according to research conducted by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Prince of Wales's Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Project, in ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... risk, the survey also finds that asset owners need to do more to translate climate-change -related investment policies, research and risk assessments into investment decisions to reduce climate change risks in portfolios and capture climate-change related ...