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J.P. Morgan rates Australian REITs reporting, management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... ethically questionable tenancies," the report said. "We suspect that the ethical choice of tenant line up in a REIT's portfolio is an area of potentially sizeable change and development - for now it appears that change is a long way off." Other social ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... where the institutional investor is in a low return environment and there is an emphasis on reducing volatility in the portfolio, it's really important that the investment products out there demonstrate exactly how they address climate change factors ...

AXA IM: board diversity an issue at EuroStoxx50 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... value add as a discussion and a deep constructive feedback process." See Also: AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... organisations and socially concerned individuals. UCA Funds Management discussed its three portfolios - the UCA Cash Portfolio, the UCA Growth Portfolio and the UCA Australian Equities Portfolio during the investor briefing in Melbourne this week. The ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Hartnett said. "It came about because asset consultant said you could do with more risk in your Australian equities portfolio. It works well from the ESG perspective as well because passive strategies in general replicate the market, but with a passive ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... that he was not able to speak about specific investors or fundraising activities, but noted that LeapFrog Investment's portfolio contained assets including Shiram CCL, and Mahindra Insurance, both in India, and Apollo Investments Ltd, an insurance group ...

PRI working group calls for sustainable palm oil commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
A coalition of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) - including Australian superannuation funds - have called on palm oil companies to comply with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Principles and Criteria. The signatories ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Responsible investment portfolios in Australia managed AU$152 billion or 16% of total assets under management last year, and core responsible investment funds are outperforming the benchmark of mainstream funds, according to the Responsible Investment ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... energy investments. Impax used the MSCI World Index as the baseline and then presented four alternative approaches to portfolio construction, built around the theory of fossil fuel divestment. In the first scenario, the fossil free portfolio, Impax removed ...

HSBC finds US$364 billion in climate themed bond issuance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... climate protection," said Loffler in a statement accompanying the report. "A large part of institutional investors' portfolio is composed of bonds. Our needs are for investment-grade, liquid and benchmarked bonds. We're cheered to see the report suggest ...