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Raiz Invest launches Facebook Messenger chatbot for customers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Raiz Invest, the mobile-first micro-investing platform, has launched a Facebook messenger chatbot to customer's experience and answer basic questions about the platform's function. George Lucas, Raiz Invest managing director The chatbot, Ashlee, allows ...

Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has become a founding signatory to the Green Bond Pledge. Bill Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super The Green Bond Pledge is an international declaration that all bonds financing long-term infrastructure ...

ACCR files resolution to Qantas AGM over deportations and removals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) and the Refugee Advice and Casework Service (RACS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Qantas to stop deportations and removals to danger of asylum seekers and refugees. Brynn ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Disclosure of executive remuneration in Australian companies lags other, more developed, markets, according to AXA Investment Managers. Matt Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Remuneration accounted for 68% of AXA IM's votes ...

WorldGBC launches Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors, property developers and the City of Sydney have joined the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) to launch the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment. The 38 signatories - 12 businesses, 22 cities and four states and regions ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian National University (ANU) Endowment Fund has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage an Australian fixed income strategy that integrates ESG. The strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are "getting on with" investing in low carbon and green investment opportunities, with strong appetite, but regulatory uncertainty threatens future growth, according to new research from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a new, $440 million fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager PIMCO. The mandate will cover global credit and government bonds, LGS said. "We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with PIMCO," ...

Pauline Vamos resigns as chief executive officer of Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... leadership she has delivered to the business." Alison George, Regnan's head of policy and a long-time senior employee, will act as interim CEO. The Regnan board has started a detailed strategic review to "ensure the needs of Regnan's clients continue ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
With more than half of all professionally managed assets in Australia managed as responsible investments, the "real work" of the responsible investment industry is really beginning, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). ...