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Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... by looking at using new models for the placement of the funds." Community Sector Banking has not as yet launched a formal asset management function or established formal relationships, but is discussing investing models with a range of organisations ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
There is a correlation between Australian companies with strong financial performance and strong creating shared value (CSV) performance, but it appears that financial performance leads to greater CSV, rather than vice versa, according to research from ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) is embarking on a new three-year strategy to further drive integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment process and wider business. Will Oulton CFSGAM, known as ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Eds note: Article rewritten to reflect new comment. Local Government Super (LGS) has participated in a US$1 billion green bond issue by the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Bill Hartnett LGS bought US$6m of the three-year bond, which will be ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... ongoing portfolio rebalancing strategy. "Superannuation funds need to remain within their strategic sectoral exposures for all asset classes they invest in," Churchill said. "This is so that can be compliant with their investment undertakings for that ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, Japan, and Africa. The report measures sustainable investments across asset classes, from listed equities and fixed income to hedge funds and microfinance. Managed sustainable investing portfolios in ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... advice and building on its own research, including their 2011 report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which predicted that institutional investors could be hit by economic costs of carbon emission policies up to ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... and assessing how pension funds are responding to issues like the transition to a low-carbon global economy. In 2012, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) released a report concluding that superannuation fund trustees are exposed to legal risks ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision and what actions actors - including asset owners and investment managers - can take to make capital markets more sustainable. The PRI's new work stream is the ...