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Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... Thomas noted that now that the second tier and mutual banks have been permitted to provide a fuller range of financial services, there is a wider supply of credit instruments that are investible. "The second tier banks didn't have the facility to offer ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... care, skill and diligence in relation to all matters affecting the fund, noted Maged Girgis, a partner in the financial services practice at Minter Ellison. "The duty of care, skill and diligence, and the duty to ask in the best interest of the members ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the Corporations & Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services both conducted corporate responsibility inquiries in 2006,and concluded there was no need to change directors' duties to explicitly ...

Impact Investing Australia hires Daniel Madhavan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... chief operating officer and most recently, acting CEO. "Daniel has an impressive record as a leader in the financial services industry, coupled with a strong understanding of how capital can be used harness positive social outcomes," said Rosemary Addis ...

APRA adds materiality to trustees' risk management declaration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... divestment from fossil fuels on the grounds of future risk to asset value. In doing this, APRA is in line with other financial services regulators and market operators. Earlier this year, the ASX's Corporate Governance Council released the third edition ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... in real estate management. Prior to coming to LGS, he was portfolio manager of direct property for Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the $1b treasury and investment arm of the Uniting Church in Australia. In this role, he managed a AU$260 million direct ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... influence the process of divestment from fossil fuels, he said. "We thought about the impact we could have through financial services and getting people to divest from fossil fuels and support renewables," he said. "The fact is that there was nobody ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... long-term view. The analysis also aims to be more granular." Cbus Super, New Zealand Super Fund and State Super Financial Services are among the participants partnering in this study. This year's project will frame several "plausible climate scenarios ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund has been seeded with AU$55 million from local Australian Financial Services Licensee, Financial Index Wealth Accountants (FIWA). The fund's strategy has been developed by AXA Rosenberg, the quantitative ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Stolatis, sr. director of global sustainability and enterprise initiatives of global real estate at TIAA-CREF Financial Services. "GRESB enables us to quantify our relative performance for our investors and other stakeholders."

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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