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Call for working group on shareholder resolution reform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
Ethinvest, an investment advisory firm, is forming a working group to lobby for changes to address what the managing director calls a lack of clarity around the process of putting shareholder resolutions to an annual general meeting (AGM). Trevor Thomas ...

Finsia: ESG consistent with superannuation fiduciary duties

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... diversity is appropriate. Diversity is a source of competitive advantage and differentiation. This poses a challenge for asset owners to select the right fund managers. Selecting the right fund manager requires some specialist knowledge, and the challenge ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... for UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatories and is increasingly being mandated and scrutinized by asset owners," said Remy Briand, managing director and global head of index and ESG research. Institutional investors require coverage ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... internal investment team to handle the due diligence and monitoring that brings, or by outsourcing management to third party asset managers. "There are a couple of different ways [the CEFC] can act, depending on what sort of outcomes they're looking ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Mercer climate change survey have decided to include climate change considerations in future risk management and/or strategic asset allocation processes. Through the Looking Glass: How Investors Are Applying the Results of the Climate Change Scenarios ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... raised in other markets as well, noted Nick Edgerton, manager, ESG research and engagement at Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM). "Both in the US, the [Securities and Exchange Commission], and the EU have stated they will examine the ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental social and governance policies and practices in their research frameworks." Rudman said that GESB uses its asset consultant, Mercer, for shortlisting and selecting external fund managers. " Mercer's research analysis assesses managers for ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
Regulators and other stakeholder are asking the AU$1.4tr superannuation fund industry to increase their disclosure of asset holdings. While the industry is responding to those calls, their proposals are tempered by the context of providing meaningful ...

Climate change, human rights, social justice top 2012 agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... looking at clean tech investments." Mercer will update its 2011 report Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which estimated that institutional investors globally could stand to lose as much as US$8tr by 2030 because ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... operational efficiencies. Emissions are forecast to remain stable for the next five years based on current project pipeline and asset portfolio. In the United Kingdom, facilities managers and building services managers continue to reduce energy consumption ...