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Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... were tagged for infrastructure development, such as ports or rail, to capitalise on commodity prices have been diverted to asset replacement, such as roads and rail, after recent natural disasters. So there's a strong interplay there. The debate that's ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... investments from listed securities to indirect investments in commingled vehicles and more opaque investments in alternative asset classes, which means that proxy voting is a decreasing portion of endowments' activities. There is also confusion at endowments ...

IIGCC urges greater energy efficiency for EU property sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... EU's overall energy consumption by as much as 11% by 2020, IIGCC said. The property sector represents an average 5.5% of asset allocation for institutional investors, and those investors are exposed to long-term risks of environmental issues. There are ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... from stakeholders including civil society groups and members about their investment decisions. With There are 34 Australian asset owners that are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and 76 investment manager signatories. Being ...

Using water accounting to measure, manage financial risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... to carry out a supply chain water risk assessment. "In some jurisdictions within Australia, water is not reported as an asset in the financial accounts, and that creates its own set of issues because that water is a significant resource," Godfrey said. ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Pablo Berrutti has been hired as Colonial First State Global Asset Management's head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, while Amanda McCluskey has moved to a new role with the company in Singapore. Pablo Berrutti Berrutti comes to Colonial First ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... relative to MSCI's global equity and ESG indices. "Demand for ESG integration is growing, but it remains a challenge for many asset owners and managers to assess how effectively ESG risks are taken into account," said Remy Briand, managing director and ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... treasury-style bonds, treasury-style retail offerings "involving a coupon linked to carbon credits or green indexes" and asset-backed securities tied to "green" infrastructure projects or portfolios of projects, according to Mercer. Many of the bonds ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Five Oceans Asset Management is an international equities fund manager that uses concentrated, non-index relative approaches to building portfolios of listed global equities. The company has integrated environmental, social and corporate governance ...

GRI Focal Point's local angle to sustainability disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... we're not there yet," she said." The coalitions that GRI has joined include Aviva Investors and Colonial First State Global Asset Management. Locally, other groups are looking into the issue as well. Nathan Fabian, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate ...