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Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The interrelation of environmental and social with corporate governance practices has been brought to the fore, institutional investors have told BNP Paribas Securities Services. Madhu Gayer, head of Asia Pacific investment reporting and performance ...

Citi joins Natural Capital Declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... Diversity Earlier this year, VicSuper become signatory to the Natural Capital Declaration, the first Australian superannuation fund to do so. "We are excited to have Citi commit to the Natural Capital Declaration's programme to strengthen management ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund VicSuper reported assets under management of AU$15 billion and an 11.1% net return on its default MySuper growth option as part of its 2014/2015 annual report. The superannuation fund used the Global Reporting Initiative's G4 reporting ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... members and also the ability to generate growth over the longer term." In August, the AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund also made a "significant" direct investment agriculture, which gives the fund a large stake in the almond sector. The sale ...

US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... contributors to the structural decline in coal." Girgis noted that it would be unlikely to find an Australian superannuation fund that was a heavily invested in a single stock - the Arch Coal Inc Employee Thrift Plan had 5.4% of total plan assets in ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... investment in Australia to date, although it is a relatively small amount for HESTA, the AU$32 billion industry superannuation fund for the health and community services sector. "The reason why we have an interest in impact investing is that it's something ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... the assets under management, both by recruiting new members and persuading existing members to roll other superannuation fund accounts into their Future Super account, Sheikh said. "As the fund develops its first year performance, members are positive ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
When industry superannuation fund HESTA announced that it had divested from its holdings in Transfield Services, it cited social governance concerns that, in their view, represented an unacceptable risk to members' future retirement savings for the ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... indicators, Hunstad said. Although Northern Trust manages equity portfolios for LUCRF Super and New Zealand Superannuation Fund that include negative screens for ESG-based exclusions, those mandates are not part of this strategy, and as yet, there are ...