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ACSI appoints two new members to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... retirement savings entrusted to our members." ACSI is a collaborative body made up of Australian and international asset owners, with a common interest as long-term investors in the capital markets. ACSI has 29 Australian members, including profit-to-member ...

Principles for Responsible Investment discuss agenda for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia, and, along with Australia/New Zealand country head Matt McAdam, has been meeting with signatories and other asset owners to discuss domestic engagements and international developments. After nearly a year of consultation and development, PRI ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... for a couple of decades." Jantzi also pointed to actions taken by the GPIF, such as its establishment of the Global Asset Owners Fund, to aid the GPIF in its obligations under the Japanese Stewardship Code, as an example of how the ESG side is evolving ...

NAB Asset Servicing launches Carbon Report product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... including both sector and stock selection carbon intensity attribution, NAB Asset Servicing said. "Through our service, Asset Owners can access company level carbon metrics supporting easy identification of significant carbon contributors within individual ...

Engagement a tool for investment stewardship: RIAA conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... more in global forums, such as one established by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) of Japan, the Global Asset Owners Fund, to aid the GPIF in its obligations under the Japanese Stewardship Code. "I get the fact that you're great at engagement," ...

BHP Billiton ESG downgrade prompts asset owner questions: MSCI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... controversial behaviour and the ESG rating which represents more the financial and material risk that BHP is exposed to." Asset owners and managers that use MSCI ACWI and screen out red flagged companies or companies that have poor ESG ratings could ...

Principles for Responsible Investment name Matt McAdam Australian head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... stakeholders, as well as events including PRI in Person. There are currently 116 PRI signatories based in Australia - 34 asset owners, 70 investment managers and 12 service providers. There are a total of 1560 signatories. Prior to joining PRI, Matt ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... issues." In June, BNP Paribas Securities Services launched ESG Risk Analytics, a reporting service designed to allow asset owners and asset managers to integrate ESG factors into decision-making processes by providing detailed information on how investments ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Exploring ESG, a Practitioner's Perspective, which analyses ESG issues as a fiduciary investor acting on behalf of asset owners. BlackRock states that ESG information can be "meaningfully accretive to fundamental financial and investment analysis, the ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... company and country level, and clearly the countries that have to lead on that," Bell said. On the investor side, asset owners and asset managers are also integrating the parts of the goals that apply to them. The Principles for Responsible Investment ...