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NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has (NZ Super Fund) selected Northern Trust Asset Management to manage a global fixed income mandate which includes the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... boards have already taken the opportunity to supplement their skills and have appointed independent directors over the past few years." The Governance Institute of Australia said it will continue to advocate for a majority of independent directors on ...

BNY Mellon offers ESG data to depositary receipt clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... companies in several countries. Gresham particularly cited Australia as one of those test countries. "We did test it in a few markets, and Australia was one of the markets," he said. "I was in Australia earlier this year, talking with corporates in Australia ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... also identified corporate governance risk in emerging markets as another ESG risk, Sarr said. "We have noticed over the past few years that clients are concerned about the performance of emerging markets versus risk," he said. "The main concern is that ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... business model is preventing more carbon or removing carbon. The minimum goal is net carbon zero portfolio, which means a few things. You have at least a shot of outperformance, you certainly have the capacity to engage with companies, and, by the way ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... exposures, said Stuart Hoy, product manager, Investment Information Services, J.P. Morgan Investor Services in Australia. "A few of our clients are UNPRI signatories, so they look to us to get visibility into the companies in their portfolios, where ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super will branch out into the home loans space by launching a service encouraging people to take up or switch their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Future Home Loans will launch ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... America, GRESB said. "We believe that corporate responsibility leadership requires both action and transparency, and over a few short years GRESB has become the de facto standard for communicating sustainability performance to key stakeholders," said ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... is currently not being well serviced," Bocskay said. "The downside is that they're only available in NSW, Melbourne and a few limited locations. That is the challenge we currently face. So we are seeing a slow but steady increase across the country." ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... is conducted by chartered accounting firm Grant Thornton. The review process is currently underway and expected to last "a few months," O'Connor said. The review is being conducted by a RIAA board committee, which will consult with external expertise. ...