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APRA: 22% of superannuation fund directors women

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... "which is 27 more than the 41 in 2006," according to APRA. By comparison, according to Women on Board's Boardroom Diversity Index 2013, 15.8% of board positions on ASX200 companies are held by women, 25% of companies do not have a woman on their board ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... according to the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP). AODP recently released its 2013-2014 Global Climate Investment Index, which evaluates asset owners on transparency, risk management, investment chain alignment, active ownership and low-carbon ...

CDP: ASX200 companies set short term goals for C02 reduction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... David Jones and Dexus Property Group to the CPLI. The CDP also named ASX200 companies to the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index, which included Commonwealth Property Office Fund, CFS Retail Property Trust, Amcor, News Corporation, Woolworths Limited ...

Looking for social, economic return by creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... buy-in from internal stakeholders such as employees. Barnard of Stockland highlighted how the company created its Liveability Index, a quantitative measure of what makes housing developments desirable, safe and healthy for residents. The index was developed ...

VicSuper chooses SSgA for active global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... construction in certain investment strategies in a quantitative manner." In late 2012, VicSuper started using a new benchmark index for its passive international fixed interest portfolio that integrates sovereign risk criteria evaluating countries for ...

Video Panel: Integrating ESG in Fixed Income Investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Office, Michael Salvatico, MSCI ESG Research, vice president, client coverage Asia, and Norman Tweeboom, Barclays, head of index, portfolio and risk solutions - Asia. This video is an edited version of the live discussion.

CDP calls for corporate stewardship to manage water risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... Global Water Report 2013. The report is based on data given to CDP by 180 companies listed on the FTSE Global 500 Equity Index. Nearly three quarters - 70% - of companies said that water presents substantive risk to their business, and half reported ...

Willingness to pay affects BlackRock sovereign debt scores

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... BlackRock's rating of its willingness to repay sovereign debt, according to the quarterly update of the BlackRock Sovereign Risk Index (BSRI). The BSRI focused on the US and what it labels the "Fragile Five" - Brazil, India, Indonesia, South Africa and ...

MSCI launches MSCI ESG DataMetrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... ESG Research's analyst assessments as well as for historical data," said Remy Briand, managing director and head of MSCI Index and ESG Research. "Clients have requested access to quantitative ESG data and metrics in order to better facilitate ESG integration ...

Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... governance risk performed well over time. Inalytics and PIRC examined the performance of 423 companies in the FTSE All-Share Index over the past two years, using PIRC's governance ratings, to test the theory that share price of companies with low levels ...