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CFSGAM reports on transparency, stewardship of assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... timeliness" of ESG information. During 2014, the fund manager integrated Sustainalytics and GMI Ratings data with the Australian Equities Growth team's proprietary database and with Bloomberg, making that information available to all Bloomberg users ...

Victorian government boosts Good Money funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results of research conducted by Newspoll, which found that 18.7% of Australian adults "rarely or never have any money left at the end of a pay cycle." People living in regional Australia are more likely ...

BNY Mellon offers ESG data to depositary receipt clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... in Australia earlier this year, talking with corporates in Australia, and I was amazed how enthusiastic a number of Australian companies are. I will say at the same time, there were companies that approached us looking at ESG disclosures as almost as ...

ASX200 ESG reporting improves, but laggards persist: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability disclosures, but 33% of the index continue to rate in the lowest categories of reporting, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI has issued its eighth annual report on ASX200 ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... spot in the 2014/15 global AODP index, up from number two in the previous year. AustralianSuper was the only other Australian asset owners to appear in the top 10, ranking 7th, down one from last year. At the country level, Australia ranked second only ...

Companies consider implications of new ASX principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... intends to manage those risks." The recommendation brings ASX in line with corporate governance recommendations from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) made in 2013. "The whole point of recommendation 7.4, about disclosing whether ...

AODP, ClientEarth to challenge funds on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... superannuation market, and Australia is a country we are looking very, very closely at," Poulter said. "... Given that Australian superannuation funds are all invested in the ASX, and they have extra exposure to carbon intensity, they need to mitigate ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... outsource the total day to day management of the investment portfolio. The OCIO product is not being introduced to the Australian market at the moment, Northern Trust said. "We've actually created a risk oversight framework and a risk oversight policy ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... develop a similar fund product that will combine Northern Trusts's proprietary Northern Trust Quality and ESG factors. Australian superannuation funds are already querying Northern Trust about ESG mandates, Rebelo said. "From my conversations, it seems ...

Australian, NZ social enterprises top B Corp list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Ten Australian companies that are certified B Corporations (B Corp) have been named global leaders for their contributions to community, workers and environment. B Corp has issued its annual Best for the World list, which recognises the top 10% of all ...