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VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... portfolio. The ESG integration will occur in the stock selection process and will also incorporate "A strong focus on risk management." The AU$11.5 billion VicSuper is a not-for-profit superannuation fund with 220,000 members, and integrates ESG into ...

AMP Capital identifies ESG risks to Australian retailers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
The way that retailers manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures can be a proxy for their management quality, according to research from AMP Capital Investors. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital There are fewer links between individual ...

Australian mining companies report on human rights policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... affected by human rights abuses." The MMG case study focuses on how the company developed and implemented a human rights management system, after 2011 gap analysis of the company against the ten principles of the International Council on Mining and Metal's ...

RIAA to engage NZ investors on climate change, investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
New Zealand investment management professionals will debate climate change and unburnable carbon among other topics at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) briefing in Auckland today. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The 4 th annual Responsible ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... and oversight of fixed income portfolios; how institutional investors can integrate ESG factors into the selection, management and monitoring of these portfolios; and the potential impact of responsible investment strategies. The panel was sponsored ...

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... water as a substantive risk to their business, but they are focusing on "misguided" approaches to water-related risk management, according to the CDP Global Water Report 2013. The report is based on data given to CDP by 180 companies listed on the FTSE ...

UCA Funds Management appoints Terry McCredden to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has appointed former UniSuper CEO Terry McCredden as a non-executive director. McCredden retired in July from UniSuper and has more than 30 years' experience in the financial services industry and was awarded Fund Executive of the ...

Local Government Super names Joanna Davison director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Association Ltd (FEAL).Davison was previously regional managing director for Australia and New Zealand at CFS Global Asset Management (CFS GAM). During this time she was integral in CFS GAM's positioning as a leading position as an ESG manager, LGS said. ...

City of Melbourne looks to commercial solar installation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... access the financing through the EUA and make it a bit easier to understand," Cr Wood said. "For us, there's a risk management side of this, but also a massive opportunity with the commercial side. The City of Melbourne is filled with high-rise commercially ...

Investors ask companies for information on fossil fuel exposures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... early 2014. Local Government Super, Christian Super, LUCRF Super, Australian Ethical Investment and Five Oceans Asset Management are part of the initiative. "We would like to understand [the company's] reserve exposure to the risks associated with current ...