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ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... securities - answering the "so-what?" questions that investment analysts might have, said Ian Woods, head of ESG research at AMP Capital Investors. "The critical area from an investor's side is answering the so-what questions for investment analysts," ...

GESB Super to drop responsible investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investments Australian Shares option from March 2012. GESB launched the investment option in 2007, and it is managed by AMP Capital Investors, according to the GESB web site. The fund said that since 2007, most Australian share managers have ...

Emerald Wrap to launch RI investment platform in March

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... to include ESG in their process." Emerald Wrap have lined up offerings from well know providers in the RI space, including AMP Capital Investors, BT Investment Management and Perpetual, as well as choices from Hunter Hall and Australian Ethical, Medcalf ...

RIAA: responsible investment funds grew 8% in 2011

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... new funds adopting RI policies, which amounted to AU$$1.34bn, with net inflows to existing RI portfolios totalling AU$176m. AMP Capital Investors is the largest RI fund manager, with AU$2.5bn in RI funds under management. Hunter Hall is the largest dedicated ...

Company directors must improve shareholder communication

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... because proxy advisers are here to stay and we have opt work with them. " Karin Halliday, manager corporate governance at AMP Capital Investors, noted that while AMP Capital has a long history of voting its proxies, at the 2010 AGM season, AMP voted ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... fixed income managers people would withdraw the particular support because of what a company was undertaking," said Woods of AMP Capital. "Our fund is a multimanager fund. AMP Capital provides the review of the holdings from an ESG perspective, and the ...

Apparel industry exposed to social risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
Eds note: article has been revised to include comment from Ian Woods of AMP Capital. The Australian apparel and retailers industry is exposed to social risks through their supply chain, both in South East Asia and at home, and companies and their investors ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the government's new "two strikes and you're out" test empowering shareholders to dump a board of directors, according to AMP Capital Investors. The Corporations Amendment (Improving Accountability on Director and Executive Remuneration) Bill 2011, better ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... for example, and how resilient their property assets are." Shane Oliver, head of investment strategy and chief economist at AMP Capital Investors said in a report this week that "it's hard to see significant asset allocation implications: the macro-economic ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... other superannuation funds out of 60 total funds under consideration for their "positive contribution to sustainability" - AMP Super (SignatureSuper, Flexible Super-Choice, Flexible Lifetime Super and CustomSuper, Australian Catholic Superannuation and ...