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Sustainalytics opens Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia, Sustainalytics The new office in Sydney enables Sustainalytics to "better serve its investment management and pension fund clients" in the Australian market. The firm currently has 10 Australian clients, including Colonial First State Global ...

Pauline Vamos to step down as ASFA CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... standards through our learning programs, delivering our renowned world-class annual Conference and engaging with other pension systems globally."

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... would like their fund to reduce investments in fossil fuel companies, and they would consider moving all or part of their pension to a low-carbon or clean-energy fund. However, only 3% of respondents have actually taken any action to review and move ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) research and engagement agenda on behalf of 29 Australian superannuation funds and six major international pension funds, with a combined total of AU$1.5 trillion in assets under management. ACSI reported engaging with 125 companies ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... does not invest in fossil fuels, and instead directs capital to low carbon investments. An analysis of the Australian pension sector found that the average person with a super balance of $50,000 has a portfolio that produces carbon emissions equal to ...

Principles for Responsible Investment hire Kris Douma

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... seven years as the director of responsible investment and governance at MN, a fiduciary asset manager for 15 Dutch and UK pension funds, where he was responsible for the development of responsible investment policies for pension funds and implementation ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... announced that the AGL resolution would be a target of support for Vote Your Super, a sister campaign of the AODP's Vote Your Pension campaign. "Coal has been resoundingly rejected by the markets and Tony Abbott's agenda has been rejected by the Australian ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
A lawsuit filed by members of US-based Arch Coal's corporate pension plan points to potential exposures of trustees who do not effectively consider changing risk and return impacts such as climate change, according to lawyers at MinterEllison. Maged ...

Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... benchmark for infrastructure assets. Investors including AIMCo, APG, ATP, Aviva Investors, CalPERS, Mirova, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and PGGM will partner with the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark to develop and establish GRESB Infrastructure ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... ethical investors rely on international conventions and norms to base their exclusions on. In Europe, you have about 60% of pension funds having exclusions on cluster munitions based on international conventions." The report finds that responsible investments ...