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ACSI launches Stewardship Code for Australian asset owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... exclusively on the activities of Australian asset owners. The Code is open to all asset owners (including super funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds), not just ACSI members. The Code sets out six principles which signatories must commit to on ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... which rates the world's 500 biggest asset owners - pension funds, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, foundations and endowments with a total of $US37 trillion assets under management (AUM) - on management of climate risk within their portfolios. The rankings ...

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... reported that the majority of clients are pension funds, but also include insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, and family offices. New Forests is increasing its attention in the US markets, and Brand noted that policy volatility in ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... relatively new, in the last 6-12 months or so, and a lot of that interest is from the wealth channel and foundations and endowments." Hunstad was in Australia this week and spoke with The Sustainability Report. Last year, Northern Trust's quantitative ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... philanthropy and social capital at Koda Capital. Knowles outlined a series of questions posed at investment committees of endowments at non-profits in a paper, Investing for Non-profits: Essential Questions for Board and Committee Members, which is intended ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... investor here and we now launched that in the US," Potter said. "We have seen interest in that from the foundations and endowments in the US. University endowments will focus increasingly on low carbon solutions, we believe. We also think that as the ...

Universities "fail" on climate risk mitigation: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... universities. "This is just a marker in a surging campaign for transparency and proper management of not only university endowments but also of superannuation funds," Connor said. "We have just seen the beginnings of focus on these funds who, at their ...

SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... government stimulate impact investing through tax concessions for investors including superannuation funds, charities, endowments, Private Ancillary Funds and public ancillary funds in social investment products. "Our first-hand experience suggests that ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... consultants around the world who specialise in advising boards of superannuation funds, insurance companies, foundations and endowments on sustainable and responsible investment matters. "Implementing sustainable growth in investments is vital to the ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
American college and university endowments have a weak understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing strategies, trends and opportunities, according to a report by the Tellus Institute. US college and university endowments manage ...