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Banks consider the implications of Sustainable Development Goals

PIA LEFEVRE  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... Macfarlane at the Commonwealth Bank said "any large organisation that's focused on their contributions, both to the shareholders, to their customers and to their employees, can have an impact to the SDGs". With the vast extent and high ambitions for ...

Corporate governance, quality linked as investment factors: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016  |  NEWS
... the risks thru time is the principal/agent risk - is the management actually going to act in the best interests of shareholders?,This is very well reflected by this governance pillar. Not only do you want good profitably, cash flow, and other indicators ...

BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... cyber security, and said that it felt the considerations should be points of discussion between company boards and shareholders. The HACK ETF is available to both wholesale and retail investors, and ETFs are often touted as less costly way for retail ...

AMP Capital, CSIRO back renewable energy tech startup Evergen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... performance testing in collaboration with CSIRO," Evergen said. AMP Capital, CSIRO and a third, private investor are the shareholders in Evergen, Platt said. AMP Capital is providing technical know-how from its energy sector expertise in its infrastructure ...

LGS adapts investment screens for Sustainable Australian Shares option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... re-Âemergence of long-Âterm systemic risks to the financial sector and this is not in the interests of long-Âterm shareholders such as LGS and our members."

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... of companies see as a cost. If it's done properly, it's not a cost. It's communicating issues about the company to shareholders so that we have a better understanding. Bennett notes, though, that policy and regulation has to be accompanied by enforcement ...

Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... conduct regarding data on emissions of diesel cars damaged the company's performance. "If people, customers, and shareholders view the behaviours of the company and the corporate leaders in this negative light, they make judgements about the company," ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... politicians at odds with that. "If you look at the section on the resource companies, some of them are saying one thing to shareholders in public, but they're putting significant undisclosed shareholder money in another direction," said Caroline Le Couteur ...

Companies obliged to consider climate change: Minter Ellison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... realisation around business as usual on the governance front as well as the disclosure front isn't going to satisfy shareholders anymore, or the market anymore. It's not just activist shareholders you have to worry about - it's the large institutional ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... from companies about their sustainability performance," Parker said. "There's a lot more demand for information from shareholders and others, and therefore we have a lot more information to work with."