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Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
Good corporate governance and quality as investment factors are converging as a measure of long-term risk adjusted return on equities, according to Northern Trust Asset Management. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management ...

Louise Davidson joins International Integrated Reporting Council board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... implement the IIRC board's recently approved strategic plan "to embed integrated reporting principles within corporate governance practices worldwide," IIRC said.

Westpac, Stockland named DJSI group industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Indices." Companies included in the DJSI index scored highest in areas such as codes of business conduct, corporate governance, and environmental policy and management systems, while they scored lowest in operational eco-efficiency, human capital development ...

International Integrated Reporting Council hires Richard Howitt as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... implement the IIRC board's recently approved strategic plan "to embed integrated reporting principles within corporate governance practices worldwide," IIRC said. "Richard Howitt is one of life's change-makers," said Barry Melancon, chairman of the IIRC ...

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... businesses are responding to the changes that present both risk and opportunity, according to the firm's latest Corporate Governance Report. The three trends cited by AMP Capital affect different companies within the sector differently, but can also ...

NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... NZ Super's ongoing priorities in the ESG space include continuing to engage with NZX listed companies on corporate governance, and finalising a climate change strategy to be released later this year. The fund was a founding signatory of the UNPRI in ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... broadly," Bennett said. "I think Australia companies are quite transparent and it's also part of the ASX Corporate Governance Council's recommendations. In Asia, the disclosure is very perfunctory, compliance driven and it's not seen as adding strategic ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Standard Life, Chosson worked at Generali Investments as RI analyst, and Amundi Asset Management as an RI and corporate governance analyst. She holds a Bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Sciences Po Lyon as well as two Master's degrees from ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... of ESG investment research at AMP Capital. "When we've been looking at integration, the focus has been on corporate governance issues, in terms of trying to understanding risk and how decision making within the organisation is being managed in," Woods ...

90% of ASX200 companies report on sustainability: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... helpful to have leaders to point to there." ACSI pointed to the changes to the ASX's third edition of the Corporate Governance Council's Principles and Recommendations, particularly Recommendation 7.4 which says "[a] listed entity should disclose whether ...