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Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Investment Bank, Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund and Accenture. Ausbil cited his history of research covering the Australian market and insights into ESG issues. ESG is a "central plank" of the Ausbil process, according to the firm, and said that ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... between very early stage investing and proper private equity: there was a gap where that wasn't being fulfilled by Australian superannuation funds and it was resulting in pushing talent and ideas offshore, which is going to be to our detriment. Things ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... companies that have been early adopters, and Vince Murdoch, a board advisor who has designed education modules for the Australian Institute of Corporate Directors, also pointed to BHP Billiton as another example. "One exemplar is BHP's matrix published ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led by increasing investor interest among Australian ...

Industrial relations: a vehicle for climate change mitigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... company Linfo, which reduced emissions by 36% between 2007 and 2012. Markey co-authored a study, Climate Change and the Australian Workplace, which explored the work of Linfox and other organisations in the area of climate change mitigation. "This can ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
First State Super has made two allocations in recent months, investing in venture capital focusing on Australian internet start-ups and Australia agriculture, which the fund says is in line with the investment principal of universal ownership. First ...

Climate Friendly certified a B Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... increasingly powerful agent of change." Climate Friendly has a score of 113, which puts them equal-fifth out of 72 Australian and New Zealand B Corporations, Climate Friendly said. The business performed most strongly in environment criteria, where Climate ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... investors. ACCR has met with investor groups such as the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Le Couteur said. Meanwhile, AODP announced that the AGL resolution would be ...

Diversity Council Australia rates Asia capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... effectively in Asian countries and cultures and with people from Asian cultural backgrounds - but there is a broad need for Australian organisations to improve that capability, according to research from the Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... to see it happen overseas, they start to wonder if they could do the same thing over here. The second is that while Australian law and US law are not identical, they are both common law jurisdictions and trustees' duties are broadly comparable. Girgis ...