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Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... one of the reasons why I'm in London, to tackle that challenge." Oulton said that there is increasing interest from asset owners and financial intermediaries in Europe to establish asset managers' competencies in responsible investment as part of the ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... strategies of 1-4, with 1 being highest. "We want the best mangers and what we're finding is we need to explain to asset owners why this unlisted space presents an opportunity and or risk management in regard to sustainable opportunities, and also to ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... assessing how pension funds are responding to issues like the transition to a low-carbon global economy. In 2012, the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) released a report concluding that superannuation fund trustees are exposed to legal risks in ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision and what actions actors - including asset owners and investment managers - can take to make capital markets more sustainable. The PRI's new work stream is the result of the ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... While responsible investment assets still represent a small piece of the overall asset management industry, large asset owners in the Asian region are building their expertise in the area. ASrIA points to Korea's National Pension Service (NPS) as one ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... to the way companies are managed. "The key focus of the project is issuers and their shareholders, but obviously asset owners are an important part of the chain," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "We're focusing ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) has released a global climate investment index ranking the world's largest institutional asset owners on how they invest to manage climate risk. Australia's Local Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... chain are not well aligned for complex for long term issues like unconventional gas extraction and so consequently asset owners and asset managers are likely to have different areas of focus that are best served by working together to insure all material ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... decisions. According to a PRI survey, 137 signatories have some exposure to hedge fund instruments, including 74 asset owners. The paper examines how those asset owners can evaluate hedge fund strategies from the perspective of preserving the health ...

Trustees exposed to legal risk over climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... legal risks in the event of financial losses caused by the impacts of climate change, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). While superannuation and pension funds have an understanding of the risks to assets that climate ...