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Vision Super to hire environmental activist to join Climate Action Team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... 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 (RIAA) as the fourth largest ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... said. "There is a strong signal from consumers that their investments avoid some of the more harmful activities. Asset owners are realising that, and asset managers are receiving that message from asset owners. It is our view that we will continue to ...

Mercer study reveals diversity gap in investment management industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Yolanda Beattie, diversity and inclusion practice leader, Mercer The Mercer study was developed in conjunction with 15 asset owners and managers, based on a survey and focus groups and interview. Diversity was measured across gender, cultural background ...

CEFC publishes report on best practice initiatives for property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... investment decision making, drive the uptake of lower carbon and renewable energy solutions, and deliver real savings for asset owners and end users. NDY is proud to partner with the CEFC on this important resource. We hope these 50 best practice initiatives ...

Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Paribas Securities Services' head of Australia and New Zealand. "It's a big topic for a lot of people," he said. "Asset owners see that, at the very least, they need to have some ethical options that they can make available to investors. Some are taking ...

Australasian Investor Relations Association developing ESG engagement guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... fund managers, but increasingly, that cohort of sell side ESG analysts and ESG managers within the fund managers and asset owners, and many IR people are not subject experts when it comes to ESG issues," Matheson said. "Our view perhaps is that the IR ...

State Street, TruValue Labs to partner in development of AI-assisted ESG research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... TruValue Labs gets is a group of people applying those models and discussing those models with the world's largest asset owners." TruValue Labs is currently using its AI algorithms to teach computer programs to analyse and incorporate data from more ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... economic inequality and tax avoidance are all key environmental, social and governance concerns for global institutional asset owners, according to a panel speaking at the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference. From ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Sixty percent of the world's 500 largest asset owners recognise the financial risks of climate change, the opportunities in the transition to the low carbon economy, and are taking action, according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) Global ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... this get in, what factors did you take into account," said Jon Lukomnik, IRRCi executive director. Lukomnik said asset owners who use external fund managers can use the approaches to get precise definitions from the external managers on ESG integration ...