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Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Green Bond Principles, which has four core components - use of proceeds, process for project evaluation and selection, management of proceeds, and reporting.

Australian Ethical sees record net inflows for June quarter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... managed funds products for the June quarter. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Funds under management grew 8.7% to $2.14 billion for the same period, an increase from $1.973 billion at the end of March. "People are finally ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Asset Stewardship code, which will be mandatory for all members. Sally Loane, FSC CEOw Stewardship codes for asset management arose in response to the GFC. The UK published the first Stewardship Code in 2010, and other markets have followed suit including ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) have published their tenth annual Responsible Investment and Stewardship Report, benchmarking the asset manager's performance on a range of internal and external performance. Pablo Berrutti,head ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
The mining sector is showing "signs of progress in its operational emissions management, reduced exposure to thermal coal and capital allocation in the context of a low-carbon transition," but continues to face continued risk from downstream regulation ...

Australian, NZ organisations consider impacts of bribery, corruption: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... majority of incidents involve subsidiary or an operation in a remote place where decisions are being made at middle management level. Quite often it is an isolated event in a location. The question is, how do you govern that entity. Quite often, the ...

ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... financial risks by corporates, reflecting the principle of materiality." "Companies must improve reporting on their management of carbon risks and opportunities for their shareholders and banks to make more informed decisions," said Shayne Elliott, CEO ...

Regnan hires Pauline Vamos as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... make a meaningful contribution to wealth stewardship, through the promotion of thoughtful, long-term and holistic risk management and corporate governance best practices," Vamos said. "I look forward to leading Regnan as we continue to advance the responsible ...

Parametric explores integration of responsible investing in peer-constrained world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Jennifer Sireklove, Parametric global director of responsible investing Parametric Portfolio Associates, a global asset management firm that focuses on engineered portfolio solutions and implementation services, recently presented a research paper aimed ...

Local Government Super appoints Katherine O'Regan as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Bachelor of Applied Science (University of Canberra), Masters of Business Administration (Australian Graduate School of Management) and a Masters of US Studies (University of Sydney). She succeeds Craig Peate, following the conclusion of his two-year ...