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Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... majority of institutional investors "actively consider" environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in alternative asset allocations, according to a survey by LGT Capital Partners and Mercer. More than three quarters - 76% - of respondents incorporate ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia, which has a total capacity of 71.4 megawatts with 34 turbines. It is the first time an Australian renewable energy asset has been financed in the US private placement market. The Hallett Hill Senior Secured Notes had an issue rating of BBB ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super have launched Future Home Loans, a mortgage broking company that will assist people in taking up or switching their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Simon Sheikh, managing ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... dominating areas is superannuation, because it's becoming a growing part of people's assets - it's first or second highest value asset they have," she said. "That's one area where clients want to be reflecting their values. Increasingly, we're also seeing ...

AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... that you can launch a strategy in the Australian market, where there's a a lot of talk about ESG, but frustration by the asset owners that there aren't that many strategies that are available for them to invest in." The AXA IM SmartBeta ESG strategy ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... client, targeting the local pension plans seeking investments that provide stable cash flow and low correlation to traditional asset classes such as equities. "AMP Capital has a long history of investing in infrastructure and we are pleased to have them ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level and security-level exposures, and are often used by clients to monitor on implementation of outsourced fund management ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... balanced growth fund with a 70/30 split between growth assets and income assets. Within the growth allocation, the dynamic asset allocation is split, with 5-15% allocated towards property, 35-70% allocated to Australian shares and up to 15% allocated ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The global sustainable market now stands at US$21.4 trillion, a growth of 61% since 2012, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIR) 2014. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The GSIR 2014 is the second report into the size and characteristics ...