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Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... sets for the trustees. To me, I'm interested as a member of the community in sustainability and an adviser/consultant to pension funds, and to me sustainability sits right in there, front and centre."

Emerald Club and Premium Wealth Management sign alliance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... advisers. The Emerald Club is the distributor of the Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform. Under the terms of the alliance, Premium CEO Paul Harding-Davis and Melbourne-based adviser of Ethical Investment ...

Low Carbon Australia joins Climate Bond Standard group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... residential and commercial buildings. Second is the need to make bonds investment-grade for interested investors such as pension funds, and finally the need for models such as PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) to be used in the municipal and community ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the broader stakeholder groups, but there is an investor focus. One of the major drivers of integrated reporting was the pension funds sitting around and saying, 'we do not get the information we need for decision making purposes. It is too short term ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform, has added RaboDirect, a division of Rabobank Australia, as a second term deposit provider to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, and will become a signatory to the UN ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Rio+20 process, and welcome their contributions." The PRI signatories are: Amundi Asset Management, First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1), Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2), Third Swedish National Pension Fund (AP3), ASN Bank, Aviva Investors ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
One of Japan's largest public pension plans will use the MSCI Japan ESG Index as the benchmark for a passive mandate, according to MSCI. The National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, which has more than JPY 8tr in assets ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... indices, the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy All-Share Index and the FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy 350 Index. The indices are aimed at pension funds and asset managers who are seeking to incorporate carbon risks into investment strategy and were developed in conjunction ...

CDP writes companies asking for carbon management and cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... reductions of their carbon emissions. As part of the CDP's Carbon Action initiative, the letters were sent on behalf of 92 pension funds, asset managers, insurers and banks, including 12 Australian institutions. The Carbon Action initiative works in ...

Investors to call on ERSB to investigate carbon asset risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... financial exposure to "high carbon and environmentally unsustainable investments" could leave certain investors such as pension funds "could find themselves holding "stranded assets with poor returns" as technology and government policy reduce returns ...