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Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds with more than six million members and AU$350 billion of funds under management. It provides ESG research, advice and support as well as offering a proxy voting service for funds dealing with listed company issues. "Ann's direct ...

National Sustainability Council issues macro-theme report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Council was established by the Australian government in October 2012 as an independent, expert body to provide advice on sustainability issue and reports to the minister for sustainability, environment, water, population and communities. ...

Net Balance/ECO-Buy merger looks to impact strategy, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... consulting services, training, resources and events. Net Balance offers services around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. On the cards for Netbalance ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and working out how to manage those kinds of risks. What we hear from funds is, 'what we do si follow our consultants' advice' or 'we hug the index'. That's not a legal, investment or moral response for superannuation funds to say we're doing the same ...

Westpac focuses on demographics, environment in strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... things that will impact on more entrenched beliefs about wealth creation. We think that's going to need new products and new advice models - and for me, the irony is that the people who most need financial advice are least likely to seek it out.... From ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... former partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has worked in both Australia and the UK. Greenhill has assisted clients with advice and assurance around financial statement audit opinions, accounting and regulatory developments, capital raisings, accounting ...

New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Women (FEW) has recently launched with the mission of providing a supportive network to give women impartial, confidential advice to help build their careers based on merit. Foundation sponsors include NAB/MLC, Colonial First State/Commonwealth Private ...

Perpetual hires philanthropic services manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Perpetual has hired Caitriona Fay as philanthropic services manager for Perpetual Private, its wealth advice arm. Fay comes to Perpetual from The Ian Potter Foundation, where she was senior program manager. She is a member of the Leading Learning in ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... institutional investors haven't assessed the positive arguments for unlisted as well." Mercer is proposing this line of advice and building on its own research, including their 2011 report, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... in terms of contribution to portfolio return. Partnering with a professor of finance and drawing on Mercer's actuarial advice, the responsible investment team has developed ways for clients to value ESG. Birgden notes that the challenge was to create ...