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AXA IM ESG SmartBeta fund 5% stronger than benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers' (AXA IM) Global Equity SmartBeta ESG strategy is 5% ahead of its benchmark for its first six months, the fund manager has announced. Craig Hurt, AXA IM director of Australia and New Zealand The AXA IM All Country World Index ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using their custodians to assist in monitoring manager adherence to environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... investment were just over AU$25 billion, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia's (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report. RIAA is a member of GSIA and contributed data to the report. The most common sustainable investing strategy globally ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... concerns over the transparency of pricing and the number of participants in the first auction. The regulator did not set a benchmark price for the first auction, and participants are only allowed to make one bid, meaning that if they exceed the minimum ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank, in a statement. LBG has recently published its Australia and New Zealand Annual Benchmark Review and its global review. The LBG is the global standard for measuring and benchmarking corporate community investment. ...

NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... investment transactions per year, the policy also commits to publishing social impact investment principles, publishing benchmark cost and outcomes data, delivering a social impact investment statement of opportunities, holding a series of social impact ...

Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... responsible investments is predicted to grow in 2015, continuing to build off of gains in 2014. According to RIAA's 2014 Benchmark Report, public demand for "core responsible investments" has increased to 2.3% of total assets under management, an increase ...

GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has appointed representatives from Norges Bank Investment Management and NAREIT as non-executive directors to its board. Mie Holstad, Chief Administrative Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
As we look ahead to what 2015 brings to Australian corporate sustainability and responsible investment, here's a look back at some of the most popular articles of 2014 on The Sustainability Report. The list includes increased ESG corporate disclosure ...