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ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Institute of Company Directors, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, AMP Capital, Cbus, Easterbrook Consultancy, Governance Institute of Australia, Integrity Governance, Macquarie University, Department ...

Integrated Reporting framework launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... policy advisor corporate regulation at CPA Australia. "Initially, there was a strong emphasis on providers of financial capital, whereas now the framework that we have in hand is more clearly defined in terms of how providers of financial capital impact ...

Co-operatives "have role to play" in public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... you know there's direct engagement, you know who engages in the business. It's not the shareholders waiting for their capital return - it's the members wanting the return in terms of better service delivery, more control and choice." The report cites ...

Valuing ESG risks, return potential in real assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... use, gas, CO2 emissions and water use, calculate on a per square metre basis. We manage those impacts not only through capital upgrades, but by incentivizing our people to know how they can manage the buildings." Investa Office uses daily messaging from ...

NZ Super Fund invests in wind turbine developer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... held company. NZ Super Fund has invested in the company past its start-up phase, but Ogin requires additional time and capital to grow before listing on public markets, said Matt Whineray, general manager investments for the Guardians of New Zealand ...

IGCC: insto investors would park capital if CEFC repealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand, supports "transparent, long-term and relatively certain policies that can assist us to allocate capital to low-carbon activities" and is opposed to the repeal of the current carbon pricing framework as implemented in the Clean ...

Local Government Super property portfolio manager retires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Brian Churchill, Local Government Super (LGS)'s property portfolio manager has retired after a 30-year career in property investment and management. Churchill will be replaced by Andrew Kim, who has been LGS property asset manager for the past three ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... consultation with their investment adviser, Towers Watson, and with BlackRock Investment Management and index provider Barclays Capital. In July of this year, Local Government Super (LGS) announced it had selected SSgA to manage an AU$780 million Australian ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ESG factors and overall earnings ...

CDP: companies unaware of deforestation supply chain risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
Companies around the world are unaware of deforestation risks in agricultural commodities because of lack of traceability in global supply chains, certification challenges and regulatory uncertainty, according to CDP data. Launching the CDP Global Forests ...