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Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Politics is the process of governing an entity for the purpose of allocating resources. Superannuation funds are not partisan political participants in the way that elected politicians are, but funds' investment activities are impacted by politics ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... Last year, the University of Sydney published two reports - Impact Investment: Perspectives for Australian Superannuation Funds and Impact Investments: Perspectives for Australian Charitable Trusts and Foundations - that provided recommendations and ...

Combet calls for return of carbon pricing policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... that Abbott government policy on greenhouse gas emissions reduction will not survive, telling an audience of superannuation funds and funds managers that the investment industry has a role to play in bringing in public policy based on "rational economic ...

RIAA panel discusses tackling ESG duties, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... investors. CEFC acts in a partnership role to create projects of a size and scale that they can be considered by superannuation funds which, by the nature of their size, can't afford to consider investments that are too small, Dow said "In that partnership ...

Mutuals, co-ops have turnover of $104 billion: BCCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
The top 100 Australia co-operative and mutual businesses - including the top 10 member-owned superannuation funds - had combined turnover of more than AU$104 billion and combined assets of AU$282 billion in 2012/2013, according to a report by the Business ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Investing Rating System)," Christensen said this week while in Australia to present at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference. "We've been very encouraged by the progress the impact investing fund of funds strategy has ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... operates the Uniting Growth Fund, the Development Fund and the Funeral Fund for individuals, self-managed superannuation funds and corporates. The UCA Cash Portfolio is conservatively invested in hybrid cash and liquid securities, interest bearing and ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Ulysses Chioatto, former executive director and head of research Australia and NZ, ISS APRA sent a letter to superannuation funds earlier this month, informing them that as a result of industry consultation, they would amend Prudential S tandard SPS ...

VicSuper publishes first G4, Integrated Reporting annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... indicators, including community and economic value, employee engagement, and member value. Although a few superannuation funds use the GRI reporting guidelines, VicSuper has also used the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC)'s Integrated ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "investor relations" to "owner relations." Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia With superannuation funds becoming more active in exercising their voting rights, and larger funds taking their domestic Australian investment ...