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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
One hundred percent of institutional investors intend to increase their low-carbon investment allocations over coming years, but policy uncertainty and lack of investable deals are critical barriers to fulfilling these intentions, according to a new ...

SSGA Global Index Plus Trust to exclude tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) the investment management business of State Street Corporation has decided to exclude tobacco and controversial weapons shares from the State Street Global Index Plus Trust. Jonathan Shead, head of portfolio strategies ...

Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... significant moves by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to embrace ESG integration as part of its investment mandate.

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Responsible investments have more than quadrupled over the past three years to $622 billion, with 44% of Australia's assets under management invested through some form of responsible investment strategy, according to the Responsible Investment Association ...

Australian Ethical sees record net inflows for June quarter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... adviser market and to the employer market, Vernon said. The $139.9 million inflows for the June quarter do not include the mandate from Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund. Earlier in July, Australian Ethical announced it received ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using a diverse set of approaches to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their portfolios, and a report commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Centre Institute (IRRCi) has developed ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Agency (APRA) will emphasise to regulated entities that they should conduct stress testing for "organisational and systemic resilience in the face of adverse shocks" from climate risk. Sarah Barker, special counsel ...

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... time, Palisade said it would commit up to $400 million of equity through a combination of managed funds and its direct mandate clients. Palisade's direct mandate clients include VicSuper, LGIAsuper and Qantas Super. Additionally, NAB and Commonwealth ...

Sustainalytics to augment Sydney office, launch Tokyo office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... significant moves by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to embrace ESG integration as part of its investment mandate. "We're under no illusion that there is a single Asian market," Jantzi said. "We have clients in HK and Singapore, but we ...

Hunter Hall ownership changes prompt review from asset consultants

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... firm from an operational perspective as well as raise questions as to the durability of the firm's ethical investment mandate. Hall announced on 30 December 2016 that he had sold the equivalent of 19.9% of total stock to Washington H Soul Pattinson Limited ...