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Australian Executor Trustees launches strategic partnership, talks impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... services, and has approximately $32 billion in funds under supervision. AET offers specialist and trustee services through three core businesses - Private Client Services, Superannuation and Corporate Trust. AET focuses on effective philanthropy through ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... suggest that the ease of assessing energy efficiency and green investments in real estate through NABERS and Green Star as core frameworks, and mandatory disclosure regulations at property lease and sale "may have also increased awareness of green credentials ...

Ethical investment a power tool for member engagement: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) considerations. The 2017 report examines trends from the previous calendar year and finds that investment in 'core' responsible investments - including positive and negative screening, sustainability themed investments and impact investments ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... investing in and who we're not investing in as we had to portfolio disclosures." RIAA also highlighted that the number of Core responsible investment asset managers has increased from 12 to 21 in this year's survey and the number of products identified ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) considerations. The 2017 report examines trends from the previous calendar year and finds that investment in 'core' responsible investments - including positive and negative screening, sustainability themed investments and impact investments ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... assets. The process is based around the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) Green Bond Principles, which has four core components - use of proceeds, process for project evaluation and selection, management of proceeds, and reporting.

Nuveen launches two new ESG exchange traded funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... norms related to ESG matters. The result is a portfolio that offers the performance and risk characteristics of traditional core benchmarks, but with an ESG focus." Although Nuveen's ETF products are on offer within the US, but O'Brien notes that as ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI), Lucas said. Lucas described the Emerald Portfolio as a "light green" portfolio. "If you're a hard-core green it may not suit, but it's a better option if you want to invest with a green mindset," he said. "Our choice ...

Sustainable Platform assesses database of companies against SDGs, performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainable itself.' approach, we ask, 'does the company meet the definition of sustainable development and how does its core business affect the SDGs.' When you do that you end up with a simple, fact based approach that people can understand, is transparent ...

Directors speak to evolving, expanding role of corporate boards at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... 21st century context, where in the past the governance models of the 20 th century were probably much closer to what the core business is - the outputs, the factories, the equipment, the markets. Now it's about interest groups, social media response ...