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Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... "Additionally, the Financial Services Council (FSC) should continue working with Australian asset managers to strengthen stewardship expectations including TCFD implementation. Finally, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... "Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF), as the leading national public pension fund, was not only the first to endorse the stewardship code in Taiwan but is also the first to select the FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG Index as a core ESG benchmark. This further ...

New Forests purchases timberland estate in northern California

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... is expected in early 2018. "New Forests looks forward to building on Roseburg's long tradition of sustainable land stewardship and production forestry in Northern California," said New Forests' US Director Brian Shillinglaw. " As we work toward completion ...

Globally, few companies can effectively demonstrate climate risk disclosure: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Rakhi Kumar, Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) SSGA has put out a guidance note on effective climate change disclosures for listed ...

Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... because of the quick and strong moves by the Japanese government, regulators and investment community to implement a Stewardship Code and Corporate Governance code, as well as significant moves by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) to embrace ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Council has launched its new Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship code, which will be mandatory for all members. Sally Loane, FSC CEOw Stewardship codes for asset management arose in response to the GFC. The ...

Colonial First State Global Asset Management publish stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) have published their tenth annual Responsible Investment and Stewardship Report, benchmarking the asset manager's performance on a range of internal and external performance. Pablo Berrutti,head of ...

Regnan hires Pauline Vamos as CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... (Australia) Limited. "I am excited to join Regnan and to have the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to wealth stewardship, through the promotion of thoughtful, long-term and holistic risk management and corporate governance best practices," ...

New South Wales Treasury Corporation joins ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... agencies, including state-owned corporations and local councils. "Through the establishment of our new Investment Stewardship Policy in late 2016, TCorp has recognised the importance of embedding ESG considerations into our investment processes," said ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Emslie also noted that tax transparency is a rising governance issue, and for investment governance, the spread of Stewardship Codes is an issue as well. While the UK and Japan have implemented Stewardship Codes, Australia has not yet done so, and Emslie ...