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Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Northern Trust has formally established an asset management sales and client servicing team in Australia, and is highlighting the firm's ability to tailor equities products with environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance screens. Steve Potter ...

Louise Davidson appointed ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... the responsible investment and sustainability debate in Australia." Cbus Super is an AU$30 billion industry superannuation fund. Davidson has worked in her current role at Cbus for six years and also previously worked at IFM Investors. She has also worked ...

Local Government Super appoints second woman to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... financial services. He was vice president of the investment bank Bankers Trust and a director of the corporate superannuation fund. Most recently he has been responsible for exposing malpractice in the financial planning industry, LGS said. He currently ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Investors in Australia and New Zealand are strongly committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their alternative asset investments, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia ...

Super funds show 5.7% jump in percentage of women directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Superannuation fund trustee boards have a higher percentage of women on their boards than ASX listed companies. This week, Women on Boards (WOB) presented their 2015 Boardroom Diversity Index (BDI), which evaluated 1422 organisations across multiple ...

NAB launches Impact Investment Grant Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank (NAB) has launched its AU$1 million Impact Investment Grants Program. Corinne Proske, head of community finance and development, NAB The fund will support the development of social enterprises - for-profit businesses that are ...

Ethical Advisers' Co-operative AUM reach nearly $1 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... under management include a diverse range of products, including direct investment in assets, managed funds and superannuation fund products, Edkins said. "We, collectively as specialist ethical investment advisers, are acting as a conduit between the ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... to see if the managers are adhering to the mandate or not." Pryor was in Australia this week to meet with superannuation fund and asset manager clients about the recently launched Investment Information Services. In Australia, J.P. Morgan has several ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... divestment commitment and you have to have a home loan at the same time -that's fewer people than those who have a superannuation fund, but opens up a new age group for us that probably isn't as easy to convince on the super side," he said. "In terms ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Cancer Centre and Epworth Healthcare, launched the Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative in 2010 and meets with superannuation fund trustee boards and investment committees with a presentation outlining health, financial and reputational risks that she ...