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Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has selected State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to manage an AU$780 million Australian equities mandate that will include ESG screens. Bill Hartnett The mandate was labeled an "enhanced passive" strategy that will conform ...

Barclays and MSCI launch ESG Fixed Income Indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Barclays MSCI SRI Indices use classic negative screens, she said. "The SRI family of indices is really focused on negative exclusion," Nishikawa said. "Whether it's the Barclays Global Aggregate or the EU Credit index, you're looking at a standard mix ...

NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... explosive devices, said Anne-Maree O'Connor, NZ Superannuation Fund's responsible investment manager. "This warrants exclusion under the Fund's Responsible Investment Policy," O'Connor said in a statement. The fund's holdings in these companies totalled ...

Reconciliation Australia receives $14.4m in budget funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Also: NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... loans worth up to AU$3,000, at 3.99%, repayable over a three year period. The program is aimed at reducing financial exclusion of people who are unable to access mainstream credit from banks and credit unions. Additionally, 64.4% of StepUP clients who ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... to be mindful of, because it changes the rules of the game. For example, the State of NSW putting in a two kilometre exclusion zone around populated areas saw CSG developments that were likely to go ahead suddenly go to being unlikely to go ahead. That ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional owners with an eye to creating commercial opportunities ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... society," said Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking executive director. "Unfortunately there is no quick fix to financial exclusion, but further development of the CDFI sector in Australia has the greatest potential for a lasting solution. Because ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Sinnreich. The research used three strategies - underweighting negatively rated equities, which they call ESG worst-in-class exclusion, or ESG exclusion, in which the portfolio excluded companies with the lowest current ratings. The second strategy was ...