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Australian Ethical appoints Michael Monaghan to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... chair of HammondCare, an aged care provider, and a non-executive director of Alpha Vista Financial Services, a start-up global business leveraging big data and artificial intelligence He has previously worked as managing director of State Super Financial ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) the investment management business of State Street Corporation has decided to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons shares from the State Street Global Index Plus Trust. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies ...

Vigeo Eiris assesses "ongoing, serious" misconduct cases in global banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... financial services sectors around the world undermine trust in markets and threaten banks' license to operate, according to global research from corporate social responsibility rating agency Vigeo Eiris. Vigeo Eiris recently conducted research into the ...

Australia/NZ continue to top the ranks in GRESB 2017 real estate review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... growing region for GRESB participation." Australia/New Zealand participants had an average GRESB Score of 73, compared with a global average of 63. However the review noted "the Australia/New Zealand score is stabilising and the gap between the regions ...

Local Government Super hires David Smith as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... currently serving as the executive director of Equip Corporate Advisory and chairman of the Children's Cancer Institute "As a global leader in responsible and sustainable investment, LGS has established a strong reputation for providing some 90,000 members ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Westpac and Mirvac have been named as global leaders in two of the 24 industry groups represented in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2017. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing ...

Australian companies developing internal carbon price within the next two years: SBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Around half of Australian businesses providing information to the CDP will be using an internal carbon price within the next two years to help manage climate risk, according to research by Sustainable Business Australia (SBA). Andrew Petersen, CEO ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... comes as shareholders consider annual reporting 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 ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... companies can "effectively demonstrate to investors how they climate risk into long-term strategy", according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Rakhi Kumar, Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global ...

Alpha Fund Managers invests in Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... researchers, and asset consultants. She has more than 15 years' experience to the role, having recently worked with Barclays Global Investors and as a key account executive at IOOF. Dam and Robb will be a part of the Client Relationships team, headed ...