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Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... buy Woolworths to engage on this issue, said Paul Smith, general manager, strategy and communications. "From our ethical mandate we don't invest in any company which supports gambling, in either a direct or an indirect way," Smith said. "Whilst the advocacy ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and has announced that Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a AU$90m mandate for the strategy. The strategy combines Hermes' existing quantitative equities process with its proprietary "ESG Dashboard" ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... the investment vehicles we have already piloted and demonstrated that they will work. If the CEFC under their investment mandate can re-capitalise some of those investments to bring them to scale, this will maintain and uplift the market momentum we've ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... decision making process, risk management framework and governance, factor-based, thematic and asset allocation approaches and mandate design for asset managers. Predicated upon the framework is an acceptance that the global economy and thus financial ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... strategies outperformed their benchmark. Thus far no Australian client has asked a Neuberger Berman team to explicitly manage a mandate to ESG factors, but an increasing number of mandate documents are asking how Neuberger Berman integrate ESG into their ...

Investors, traders welcome Australian/EU ETS linkage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has welcomed an announcement that Australia and the European Union will link their carbon trading schemes from July 2015. Nick Armstrong, CEO COzero The announcement by Minister for Climate Change and Energy ...

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... will become mainstream, Domagala said. Institutional clients are requesting "ESG cognisance" as part of the investment mandate, while retail researchers and platforms are showing interest in how Solaris integrates ESG into their investment process, Domagala ...

Australian Ethical appoints Russell for administration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Super has appointed Russell Investments for administration, with the mandate to begin in March 2013. Russell cited its focus on member services, use of technology and ability for clients to access the Bravura Sonata application systems ...

Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... change with all of this various dimensions in the asset management approach, but that asset owners have a lot less clear mandate in the area, and they also haven't set the expectations highly of their managers," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible ...

Farming, forestry activities proposed for CFI positive list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency is considering a series of new activities to include on its "positive list", meaning that activities including farm forestry, intensive rotational grazing and aspects of small landfill operation ...