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PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... dialogue between companies and investors about the real drivers of long-term performance, risk and return, and help asset owners more effectively evaluate and select managers, ensuring the investment chain functions effectively for clients and beneficiaries." ...

HSBC calls for policies to support low-carbon financing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... "This needs to be matched by greater transparency on allocations to climate solutions, an agenda pioneered by the Asset Owners Disclosure Project." HSBC also said that there is a continuing risk/reward imbalance with conventional high-carbon options ...

Asset owners, managers see climate change as material risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
An increasing number of asset owners see climate change as a material risk and have maintained or strengthened their commitments to addressing climate change in investment activities, according to the results of a global survey of investment practices. ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... obvious appeal of the lower cost, but then you have to put it into it the fact that super funds end up being the asset owners. We want to have at the end, good long term development, and not just short-term returns, and we want to have a minimum basic ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... been a technical reference group put together on the basis of having diversity in terms of size of pension funds, asset owners, asset managers, different sizes and different countries. It hasn't been without its controversies and people have differing ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... actually contribute to a better return." There is also discussion within the superannuation industry as to whether asset owners need to become more present in engagement activities, in addition to using third party experts. "A lot of the super funds ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... course the first impact of the decision that we make. There are multiple beneficiaries in every investment decision. Asset owners and the fund managers are the stewards of large parts of the nation's capital. Our primary obligation is to maximise benefits ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... considerations to what superannuation can and cannot do. Hilary Spear, head of investor education, AustralianSuper The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has been joined by the Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) on The Vital Few, a grassroots ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... owners and thus exposed to these risks both directly and indirectly, said Julian Poulter, excutive director of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project. "The fund managers are wrapped up in the same gravy train and say these project provide incredibly high ...

Assessing fossil fuel value in an "unburnable carbon" world

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... on thermal coal, so we're only looking at part of the value being at risk." The Citi report further looked at what asset owners and asset managers and listed companies might do to mitigate the risk that could eventuate should the unburnable carbon concept ...