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Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
More than a hundred individual shareholders and three global asset owners including Local Government Super (LGS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto to review and fully disclose its relationships with industry bodies including ...

PRI publishes guide on responsible investment in infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... indirect and direct infrastructure investors can apply the six Principles for Responsible Investment, intended for both asset owners and investment managers that are looking to adopt a more comprehensive and structured approach to managing ESG risks ...

Willis Towers Watsons joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... market." NAB, ANZ, and the Investor Group on Climate Change are all members of the partners program. "Asset managers and asset owners will play an increasingly important role in ensuring that green debt instruments become integrated in corporate strategies ...

First State Super joins Australian Council of Superannuation Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund becomes the 38 th member of ACSI. ACSI is a collaborative organisation of institutional investors and asset owners that work together to improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance of ASX listed companies. "We are ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Fixed income fund managers and asset owners are following in the footsteps of their equity counterparts when it comes to engaging with companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics in bonds, but ESG factors have different impacts on ...

ACSI publishes report calling for introduction of non-binding shareholder resolutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... relevant law, data on shareholder proposals, voting outcomes and academic writings, and conducted interviews with twenty asset owners, pension and superannuation funds in Australia, the UK and US. The interviews assessed funds' preferences for four options ...

IGCC annual conference discusses managing climate change risk, solutions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... or defining the risks of climate change and are focusing on pushing the development of products and strategies for asset owners to invest in climate change solutions, and for financial service providers to asses companies' performance. In a master class ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) IGCC surveyed 19 participants - 13 asset owners and six fund managers - with more than for the survey of investor appetite in Australia. Every one of them said they intend ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... mandates where we've been given lists of securities to exclude and it's been pretty clear for some time now that large asset owners in Australia have been excluding tobacco and controversial weapons routinely." In June 2016, SSGA launched the State Street ...

30% Club Australia calls for renewed push to get women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... ahead of the AGM season. "This call comes at a time when more and more global and Australian investment managers and asset owners are signing up to the Statement of Intent for Investors," said Susan Roberts, chair of the 30% Club Investors Working Group. ...