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Industry leaders establish Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... organisation that seeks to restore trust and encourage ethical behaviour in the financial services industry. Stephen Dunne, AMP Capital The BFO is an initiative of the Banking and Finance Ethics Panel, a working group led industry representatives including ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...

Disruptive innovation, ESG factors pose media sector risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... industry-wide disruptive innovations, and investors should research carefully to avoid potential value traps, according to AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny The media sector is being impacted by media fragmentation, growth in online advertising and the ...

AMP trials smartphone voting for annual general meeting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
More than 500 AMP shareholders used a smartphone to lodge their proxy votes for the company's May annual general meeting, via technology developed by their registrar, Computershare. AMP reported that more than 7,000 AMP shareholders lodged their proxy ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has hired Ross Andrews as ESG research associate in line with its strategy to expand its proprietary Environmental Sustainable Governance (ESG) research more broadly across investment strategies. Ross Andrews, AMP Capital Andrews will assist ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Concerns over executive remuneration and incentive plans led institutional investors AMP Capital and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VMFC) to cast proxy votes against resolutions during 2011. Governance managers at both institutions also ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... securities - answering the "so-what?" questions that investment analysts might have, said Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital Investors. "The critical area from an investor's side is answering the so-what questions for investment analysts," ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital Investors, according to the GESB web site. The fund said that since 2007, most Australian share managers have ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to include ESG in their process." Emerald Wrap have lined up offerings from well know providers in the RI space, including AMP Capital Investors, BT Investment Management and Perpetual, as well as choices from Hunter Hall and Australian Ethical, Medcalf ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... new funds adopting RI policies, which amounted to AU$$1.34bn, with net inflows to existing RI portfolios totalling AU$176m. AMP Capital Investors is the largest RI fund manager, with AU$2.5bn in RI funds under management. Hunter Hall is the largest dedicated ...