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Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... accountability mechanism through the reporting and assessment process and that's been in place since year one. That does allow asset owners to look more carefully at their investments and RI activities. We also have the mandatory transparency elements ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... investors to actively participate in the Rio+20 process, and welcome their contributions." The PRI signatories are: Amundi Asset Management, First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1), Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2), Third Swedish National ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
One of Japan's largest public pension plans will use the MSCI Japan ESG Index as the benchmark for a passive mandate, according to MSCI. The National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, which has more than JPY 8tr in assets ...

GPT Group reports 2011 reductions in waste, energy and water

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... they reduced the average cost of debt to 6.6%, 80 basis points lower than 2010, "achieved by using proceeds from non-core asset sales and the sell-down of GPT's investment in the wholesale funds to reduce more expensive debt and interest rate swaps ...

AMP Capital, VFMC publish 2011 proxy voting record

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... noted that the key themes from the voting seasons were proxy advisors and their relationship with company directors and asset owners, the two strikes rule and the no vacancy rule. See Also: Share placements become governance issue for investors Governance ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... CDP Carbon Strategy All-Share Index and the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy 350 Index. The indices are aimed at pension funds and asset managers who are seeking to incorporate carbon risks into investment strategy and were developed in conjunction with the ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and two other climate change investor groups have launched a global investor survey that will include a new, comprehensive assessment of low-carbon investments. IGCC, in conjunction with the European Institutional ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters were sent on behalf of 92 pension funds, asset managers, insurers and banks, including 12 Australian institutions. The Carbon Action initiative works in parallel to CDP's ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... companies. This exposure is replicated in other European indices, by companies, in bank loan books and in the strategic asset allocation decisions taken by institutional investors. At present regulators are not monitoring the concentration of high carbon ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... joining Australian Ethical, he worked for Macquarie Group, Credit Suisse, Mellon and Mercer covering strategic and tactical asset allocation, sell-side and buy-side research and portfolio construction as well as asset consulting and rating agency process ...