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Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
A superannuation fund's decision around divestment from fossil fuel or high carbon emission intensity assets should be grounded in the fund's governance processes towards investment issues and is bounded by legal and regulatory standards for fund trustees. ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... hard to see that nuclear won't be an important part of the picture in the energy matrix in the future." By removing the exclusion on nuclear energy investments, 48 nuclear energy companies will become potentially investible, and of that 48, 18 companies ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... which features a 30-second television commercial as part of the strategy, is aimed at people experiencing financial exclusion, which Good Shepherd Microfinance notes are often locked out of mainstream banking. Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB formally ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... progress on the core moral and economic issue we face in this country; that many Australians live in a continuing cycle of exclusion and cannot participate fully in the community. It's time to think afresh about how to shift the current status quo, so ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Westpac with a 93% in the 2014 review, their highest ever score, Westpac said. Westpac rated strongest in financial exclusion, financial stability and systemic risk, customer relationship management, risk and crisis management, labour practice indicators ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has appointed Lindsay Mann and Jane Bell as independent non-executive directors. Mann is a fellow of the Actuaries Institute and has more than 40 years' financial services experience. He retired as regional head, Asia, of First ...

Christian Super engages with Transfield Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... staffing practices at these facilities." Recently, UCA Funds Management announced it has added Transfield Services to its exclusion list because of human rights concerns. UCA Funds Management does not have any holdings in Transfield Services, but the ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management is adding Transfield Services to its exclusion list because of human rights concerns stemming from Transfields' contract to provide services at the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection offshore processing centres ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... ASX300 - Thorn Group and Cash Converters International, Walsh said. UCA Funds Management has put both companies on its exclusion list. "They're moving on the official radar of the shareholder engagement fraternity," Walsh said. "We hope we can ultimately ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... focus on thermal coal and a focus on oil sands, and the transport of the product. That focus was also the reason for the exclusion on brown coal-fuelled power generators comes in." Because of the ESG themes inherent to the RIL Range, most of the underlying ...