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Workplace diversity a driver of innovation: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Workplace diversity and inclusion are drivers of innovation, according to Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia Picking up on the release of the government's National Innovation and Science Agenda, DCA pressed ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... issues with our primary objective of delivering maximum retirement savings to our members." Other Australian investors and investor industry bodies who have signed the Paris Pledge include the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Australian ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... the RBA cash rate through a cycle (before fees). "One of the key reasons we set up the product is because the retail investor base doesn't have access to bonds in a sustainable way," Goodhand said. " Most of them have direct holdings in hybrids and are ...

Panel discussion: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... governance, Woods noted. There are a few ways in which investors can define their risks by determining their needs as in investor, where to source the information form and how to bring that into your investment process, Salvatico said. "The problems ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... that can be financed by green/climate bonds. Whilst these 27 signatories do not include Australian institutions, the Investor Group on Climate Change has signed on as a support of the statement, along with Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk. The ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors reported that 78% of engagement targets showed improvement in the 2014/2015 year, while also increasing the number of companies they engaged with by 20%. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI released its ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... and investors need to be a much bigger part of the conversation." "That gap is going to be addressed by companies and investor action, and it's no longer just on the shoulders of government," she said. "That's what COP21 is about. There is a much greater ...

Mining companies not adequately managing carbon risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... concept of stranded assets." "This research is a canary in the coal mine for investors," says James Magness, CDP head of investor research. "It shows that the world's biggest mining companies, currently worth over US$329 billion, are unprepared for the ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... broad array of measures out there, they sort of fit under these four categories - regulation and policy, we looked at investor tools and the way certain investor tools are set necessarily to prioritise the short over the long term, we look at culture ...