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Regnan hires Kevin Branton as senior analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Regnan, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) engagement and advocacy service, has hired Dr Kevin Branton as a senior analyst. Branton comes to Regnan with 20 years' experience at firms including Maple-Brown Abbott, Merrill Lynch, and ABN AMRO. ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... body said. "There has been some improvement, but there is still some way to go before companies are meeting long term investor expectations around sustainability reporting," said Paul Murphy, head of the institutional investment program at ACSI. ACSI ...

Barclays, MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Barclays and MSCI have agreed to launch a Green Bond Index, a new addition to their environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income benchmark index series. The Green Bond Index will reflect those bonds funding projects with direct environmental ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment's (PRI) total signatory assets under management (AUM) grew to more than US$45 trillion to the end of April 2014, with the number of signatories reaching 1,260, PRI said. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies paid a premium of more than AU$170 million for underwriting of rights issues between 2010 and 2012, according to research conducted by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI conducted benchmark modelling of what underwriting ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is reorganising its governing bodies to strengthen its role as a standard setter for sustainability reporting. The changes will result GRI separating out its advocacy work from the standards-setting work and lead ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into investment management is accelerating in Australia and around the world, guided by demand from asset owners and increasing flexibility in fund design that can tailor strategies that ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The assets managed by superannuation funds on behalf of its members will increasingly become a source of finance in the Australian economy in future, and superannuation funds will inevitably make broad impacts on the shape of the Australian economy ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... head of responsible property investment, Hermes Real Estate and chair of the Property Working Group of the Institutional Investor Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). "But to do this effectively and at scale will require more confidence in the tools, standards ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Although work is underway in Bangladesh to improve the fire and building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are ...