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Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... membership base. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Verway Sheikh met whilst campaigning as Green ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds becoming more active in exercising their voting rights, and larger funds taking their domestic Australian investment management in-house, there has been an increased focus on engaging with boards in particular about ESG issues, separate ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "without structural changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise the Australian economy is in energy and carbon forestry ...

IGCC calls on PM to retain Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... carbon capital to flow in Australia, something that is firmly in the interests of those with savings invested in the Australian economy. We urge the Federal Government to maintain a predictable policy framework and support both past and future investments ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer is revisiting the topic of a 2011 study examining the strategic asset allocation implications of climate change scenarios, partnering with a group of institutional investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Rosenberg The AXA IM All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund has been seeded with AU$55 million from local Australian Financial Services Licensee, Financial Index Wealth Accountants (FIWA). The fund's strategy has been developed by AXA Rosenberg ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... 2013, which is 63 times average earnings, a 33% drop below the 2007 peak of 94 times average earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has released its 13 th annual CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies. The survey ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... announced the strategy's launch and published results of new research conducted by Newspoll, which found that 18.7% of Australian adults "rarely or never have any money left at the end of a pay cycle." People living in regional Australia are more likely ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... evidence that governance practices are converging. By 2012, foreign ownership of share markets represented 43% of the Australian ASX-listed Shares, 53% of UK LSE-listed shares, and 55% of German DAX-listed shares, AMP Capital said. There is also growing ...