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Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. At that time, the board asked the governance committee to review its investments in tobacco. The governance committee was also given the task of considering the costs and implications of negative screens ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) into their investment process and wider business. Will Oulton CFSGAM, known as First State Investments outside of Australia/New Zealand, manages US$160 billion across a range of global asset classes and markets. The fund manager ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... will be looking to diversify away from the currencies we own for in the green bonds," said Mathew McCrum, director, investments, at Omega. "At the moment, they're allocated in Australian dollars and Swedish kroner. This adds to that by adding the US ...

KPMG: fraud costs Australian/NZ businesses $373 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... improve co-ordination and case referral among commonwealth and state authorities; tap into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's expertise in fighting corporate crime; and vigorously pursue false accounting cases." Even as the Australian ...

Australian Ethical survey identifies savings as top priority

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... identified looking after their finances as a top priority for 2013, and a majority say that it is important that their investments are aligned with their personal values, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Australian Ethical. The survey of ...

Jessica Robinson named ASrIA general manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... disclosure, regulatory reform and climate change engagement," Boakes Tracy said. See Also: US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
There are US$178.5bn of sustainable investments in Australia, representing about 18% of total assets under management, with integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being the single largest strategy employed by sustainable investors ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... alternative assets can provide access to sustainability themes without the volatility exposures that come with listed market investments, and Mercer has said it is seeking to identify quality managers in this space. Helga Birgden Mercer's responsible ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... those risks over time. This latest report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries highlights the risk to pension investments, said Julian Poulter, executive director of the AODP, who read the report. "The value of all these investments is under enormous ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... repay into its investment processes, but tested their theory with further research. The metrics have seen Omega's bond investments tilt towards higher quality countries, such as countries in Scandinavia, Omega's analysts told The Sustainability Report ...