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Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... concerns, and they, in turn, impact on the political system in providing for the long term income and capital needs for Australian residents and citizens. The way in which superannuation funds interact with internal stakeholders such as fund members ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Scale and collaboration matters in other areas of ESG-related response - Gordon Hagart, chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), said that using collaborative bodies such as ACSI, the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... 11% of ASX200 non-executive board positions are held by directors who own no shares in the company, which the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) says goes counter to ACSI's expectation that directors will have "skin in the game" through ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has informed superannuation fund trustees that materiality is part of the board's risk management declaration, widening the scope of risks that trustees must disclose to the prudential regulator. ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... phenomenon that's growing, and is present in the biggest companies right now," said Gordon Hagart, CEO of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). "It's a manifestation of that direct contact between boards and asset owners, which again ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... is 63 times average earnings, a 33% drop below the 2007 peak of 94 times average earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has released its 13 th annual CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies. The survey, carried out ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... chief operating officer, CEFC The CEFC will provide up to AU$80 million as the initial cornerstone investor to the CFS Australian Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund, a wholesale infrastructure investment fund that will invest in renewable energy, energy ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... on sustainability factors, more than 40% of those companies still rate in the bottom two categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual review of sustainability disclosures. ACSI has issued seven reports on ASX200 sustainability ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... AU$170 million for underwriting of rights issues between 2010 and 2012, according to research conducted by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI conducted benchmark modelling of what underwriting services should cost companies ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... to companies and projects around the world. Paul Murphy, head of the institutional investment program at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), reinforced Aeby's view, pointing to ACSI's ongoing research and engagement around humans ...