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Less than half of ASX100 companies have exec-level technologist: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... to a survey performed by Calastone. Sarah Hayward, managing director of Calastone Australia and New Zealand Calastone, a global funds transaction network and fintech provider, has conducted and found that 40.4% of ASX100 companies have a technologist ...

Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... Morningstar, Inc. a leading provider of independent investment research, has acquired a 40% stake in Sustainalytics, a leading global provider of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research and ratings. Michael Jantzi, CEO, Sustainalytics Morningstar ...

WA ranks 8th globally in National Resource Governance Institute assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
Western Australia's iron ore mining sector scores 71 of 100 points and ranks eighth of 89 governing jurisdictions assessed for governance of their oil, gas and mining sectors in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), conducted by the National Resource ...

Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... said. Vision Super is ranked 19th out of the world's 500 largest investors for our action on climate change in the 2017 Global Climate Index by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP), and is ranked by the Responsible Investors Association of Australasia ...

International Finance Corporation launches NZ dollar-denominated green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... focuses on providing US retail investors access to IFC green bonds. The 10-year fixed rate bond will be issued under IFC's Global Medium-Term Note program, the IFC said. BNZ is acting as arranger and ANZ Bank and BNZ are acting as joint lead managers ...

Mercer study reveals diversity gap in investment management industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... by AllianceBernstein Australia Limited, ANZ, Australian Ethical Investment Ltd, Australian Super, Colonial First State Global Asset Management, CBUS Super, Fidelity Investments, Future Fund, Mercer, NAB Asset Management, Perpetual Limited, Principal ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... standard will increase transparency for fund managers, which I think is the key point," said Sara Dix, policy manager for global markets and investments at FSC. "The practices are of the highest standard in Australia. Fund managers will display to the ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) have published their tenth annual Responsible Investment and Stewardship Report, benchmarking the asset manager's performance on a range of internal and external performance. Pablo Berrutti,head ...

Mining sector showing "signs of progress" on emissions management, face continued risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... their readiness for a transition to a low-carbon economy. CDP notes that "the companies in aggregate represent 66% of the global seaborne market in iron ore, 53% in copper, 42% in metallurgical coal and 28% in thermal coal." Australian listed companies ...

ANZ, NAB join initiative to pilot Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
ANZ, National Australia Bank and 9 other global banks have committed to piloting the Task force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)'s guidelines as well as committing to jointly develop "analytical tools and indicators to strengthen assessments ...