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Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental activist Bill McKibben has met with superannuation funds during his recent Australian tour, pressing the economic and moral case for investors to divest from fossil fuel companies. Bill McKibben, co-founder and chairman of the board of ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... development costs and, as a result of that, reduce fees. Since the presentation, institutional investors like superannuation funds have indicated to Mercer that, in fact, they do have long-lasting relationships with fund managers, Birgden said. "Since ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... move away from investing in this industry." STC is the trustee board for four New South Wales closed public superannuation funds with AU$36 billion in assets under management - State Authorities Superannuation Scheme (SASS), State Superannuation Scheme ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... the CFA Society of Sydney who has just started as director investment services for First State Super, urged superannuation funds to look to the category of impact investing - or investing with explicit social and economic outcomes. Brandweiner noted ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are looking to engage with superannuation funds and their individual members as they seek to effectual environmental and social changes, with varying levels of response. For their part, superannuation funds are ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Investing Policy Collaborative. "It will become important, for example, for institutional investors like the superannuation funds - such as an industry fund - that they can make investments that can help members with more than just financial return year-on-year," ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... indeed, what the risks are to the ultimate beneficiaries - the superannuation fund members - particularly as superannuation funds are universal owners and thus exposed to these risks both directly and indirectly, said Julian Poulter, excutive director ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... of that together to service investors." IGCC launched the reports at the recently held Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, an annual gathering of superannuation fund executives and will focus on other actors in the investment value chain, including ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... in the business as well.... Obviously, there is a big focus on governance among institutional investors. Superannuation funds don't want to be embarrassed - they don't want to be holding the next James Hardie, for example." S ince inception, the high ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... funded by the Green Building Fund. LGS sold SKM House as part of an ongoing portfolio rebalancing strategy. "Superannuation funds need to remain within their strategic sectoral exposures for all asset classes they invest in," Churchill said. "This is ...