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NGS Super to launch stand-along SRI fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super is designing a stand-along socially responsible investment (SRI) option for members that will be launched later this year. This is not the fund's first attempt at a stand-alone ethical investment option. NGS Super has had a Green Shares option ...

GNDI comments on proposed Integrated Reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
The Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI) supports improvements to corporate reporting as proposed in the International Integrated Reporting Framework, but says that any changes to the way organisations report should reduce the overall reporting ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Government Super (LGS) has selected State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to manage an AU$780 million Australian equities mandate that will include ESG screens. Bill Hartnett The mandate was labeled an "enhanced passive" strategy that will conform with ...

ACCA: Rio+20 corporate sustainability commitments "too weak"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... and the International Integrated Reporting Council frameworks were being developed or changed, making it difficult to mandate non-financial reporting; and the resource constraints of developing countries were a barrier to greater commitments. Emerging ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
With the prospect of a continued low-return investment environment looming, institutional investors should examine the benefits of creating and preserving fairer long-term value in their invested capital, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of ...

CSA calls for "safe harbour" to encourage IR disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Chartered Secretaries Australia (CSA) has called for a safe harbour provision to allow company directors to make forward-looking statements such those outlined in the Integrated Reporting (IR) framework. Judith Fox, director, policy, Chartered Secretaries ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) finds that there is a persistent two-speed pace when it comes to ASX200 companies' ESG disclosures - more companies than ever reporting to a detailed or comprehensive standard, but almost half ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... our benchmark, we need our money to come back with interest." Last week, the government announced the CEFC's investment mandate. The government has directed the CEFC board to adopt a portfolio benchmark return for fund performance based on a weighted ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Corporation (CEFC) has received its investment mandate from the government, setting the framework for how the CEFC will invest its AU$10 billion in financing clean energy projects. The government set parameters for rate of return, limits ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... AAA rated notes with competitive returns. The AU$6bn LGS last year awarded its nearly AU$170 million government bonds mandate to specialist investment manager Omega Global Investors. The strategy explicitly incorporates environmental, social and governance ...