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IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the framework from an institutional investor perspective, alongside with Regnan, AMP Capital, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Three Australian companies - National Australia Bank, Stockland and ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... transparent and consistent and have longevity, Berrutti said. But as data develops and analysis of risks goes on, it is the asset owner who has to take the responsibility as to whether the risks outweigh the opportunities, and indeed, what the risks ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... impact on thermal coal, so we're only looking at part of the value being at risk." The Citi report further looked at what asset owners and asset managers and listed companies might do to mitigate the risk that could eventuate should the unburnable carbon ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... can be used as the launch pad for investors and potential limited partners to have a dialogue with general partners and asset consultants to guide expectations for transparency around ESG disclosures, Hartnett said. The framework provides eight objectives ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Trustees, a bank subsidiary that offers services around estate planning, estate administration, trust services and personal asset management, formed a dedicated native title working group to assess the potential of offering a specialised native title ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have released three reports analysing the impacts of climate change, energy cost and carbon risk on investments in the mining and minerals, property and construction, and oil and gas sectors. The likelihood ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... markets, particularly among our institutional investor clients," said John Krieg managing director for Northern Trust's asset management arm in Europe, Middle East and Africa, in a statement. "While many government or majority family owned and run companies ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... this has been a great time to do that. Nor have we been involved in property trusts in recent years. Those have been good asset allocation decisions.You can get international exposure through Australian companies that manage their own currency risk and ...

GRESB hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... sustainable practices" said Sander Paul van Tongeren, executive director at GRESB and senior sustainability specialist at APG Asset Management, in a statement. "We look forward to working with Elsbeth to continue GRESB's development and to realize its ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors must take action in the investment chain, at the level of their invested companies and at the systemic market level to manage the amount of leakage in the system that reduces assets in a low-return environment, according to Mercer. ...