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Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... zero investment in fossil fuels," Future Super said. The majority of funds have come from existing members switching their money into the new option, and Adam Verway, executive director, Future Super, notes that the majority of people who have signed ...

ACSI launches Stewardship Code for Australian asset owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... asset managers and financial system advocacy. "There is a growing desire for information about how asset owners manage the money entrusted to them," said Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO. "The Code raises the bar on signatories to proactively manage and disclose ...

Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... "That's why we support grass roots efforts that make the world a better place. Our continued growth means we have more money available for grants this year than ever before." The 2017 winners included Wildlife Asia, which works to protect critically ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... perspective, they want innovative investment to be part of the long term. They have to radically shift regulation to be able to get money off the sidelines. If we go to the next slide, it means that there are 10 pieces to an action plan they launched ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... number of investors are drawn to the transparency that sustainable practices facilitate, allowing them to see where their money is going and what it is being used for. Ernst & Young's Global Institutional Investor Survey found that in 2015, 59.1% of ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... saw a lot of M&A activity," said Ric Marshall, executive director, MSCI ESG Research. "One of the things you could do with money if you weren't investing in R&D, you could build a bigger company buying up smaller companies. That trend seems to have been ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... can help the decarbonisation of the economy. This is a small step. But it's an important step for us, because it puts our money where our beliefs have been articulated." Bright Energy Investments has a development pipeline and will commence by constructing ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... does that happen where you have the risk of more and more people being unemployed, or casualised or part-time work. That money has to go further." The Morgan Stanley report notes that increased AI and robotics could mean the "nearshoring" or reshoring ...

ACSI report finds gaps in ASX200 codes of conduct, whistleblowing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... including well known business risks including fair dealing/product responsibility, data protection and cybercrime, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF). ACSI noted that overall, ASX50 companies had better coverage than the ASX51-200 ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... expansion, which will see up to 10 new surgery centres opened annually. "The Fred Hollows Foundation is providing grant money to launch each new surgery centre," Armstrong said. "We focus on the soft costs - doing the original business planning, training ...