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Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... launched as Future Super celebrates its first anniversary. The fund currently has more than AU$81 million in assets under management and more than 3,000 members, Sheikh said. Both figures are ahead of what the fund's managers originally predicted last ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act). The recent Stronger Super reforms place greater importance on the risk management and due diligence processes undertaken by superannuation trustees in Australia as well. "You can't shy away from the ...

Demand for ethical products strong: Ethical Advisers' Co-Op

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Justinvest Financial Planning, Novo Wealth, Accord Financial Solutions, Ethinvest, AJ Financial Planning, Viridian Wealth Management, DJ Carmichael, Ethical Investment Advisers, Tas Ethical, Ethical Investment Services, and Guidance Financial Services. ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... create equity portfolios that optimise for both attributes. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management, Northern Trust "Our quality ESG strategy is now up and running and is funded," said Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... frequency rates (LITFR) to 0.98, down 12.5% on 2014. In gender equality, the company set a target of 30% of executive management positions for women in 2015, and hit 25.6%, a decrease from 2014's 25.9%. The company will again target 30% for 2016. Telstra ...

NZ responsible investment assets increase 10%: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... trusts," O'Connor said. "Our assessment says the core responsible investment constitutes 4% of the total assets under management in the NZ market. Some of that is in Kiwisaver, but not entirely. At the smaller end of the market, there has been a big ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... screening through to environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration - now constitute 50% of total assets under management in Australia, RIAA said in their Benchmark Report 2015. There has been an increase in the number of products that employ ...

PRI active on climate change, tax avoidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... footprint of their investment portfolios on an annual basis. Australian Ethical Investment, HESTA, Plato Investment Management Limited, Catholic super, Local Government Super, UCA Funds Management, and VicSuper, are all Australian signatories to the ...

IIRC releases Competence Matrix for IR training

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... bodies, the IIRC said. "At its heart, training in Integrated Reporting should lead to a shift in focus from financial management to value management," said Neil Stevenson, IIRC managing director, global implementation. "We have specifically designed ...

KPMG Australia buys Banarra

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... to all of our clients." KPMG Australia in particular sees demand to provide greater service around supply chain risk management, which also bolstered the case for acquiring Banarra, King said. "There are certain industries in Australia that have human ...