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Companies, CEOs, chairs seen as unethical: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Institute The Governance Institute's first Ethics Index found that while Australian society overall was seen as "somewhat ethical", large corporations and their chief executives, and board chairs were seen as more unethical than not, despite playing ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... valuation. That case is ever-stronger each year. Companies such as VW, some of the financial services scandals, and other ethical breaches, etc., can demonstrate that ESG risk is very real and is part of mainstream investment management." There has also ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... funds on the retail and institutional side in Australia, but fund managers find that while retail investment in ESG and ethical bonds funds is growing, institutional investors are still working to integrate ESG metrics into their strategies. Ian Woods ...

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... certified responsible investment products in direct response to the surging interest in the full range of responsible and ethical investment solutions," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "To achieve certification, AXA IM's SmartBeta Fund has met strict ...

Australian Ethical hires Michael Murray

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has hired Michael Murray to its investments team. Murray has 18 years' experience as a portfolio manager for ethical and ESG aware clients and has previously worked at Integrity Investment Management and AMP Capital. "I look forward ...

UCA Funds Management hires Benjamin Pedley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia. Pedley is returning to Australia after 17 years' experience across Asia. He cites the growth of interest in ethical investment in Australia and UCA Fund Management's investment track record. "The ethical aspect is something that attracted ...

Research project to explore evidence-based whistleblowing reforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Australia needs "comprehensive, evidence-based law reform" to maximise the benefits of corporate whistleblowing, according to the leaders of a multi-stakeholder research project. Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute Researchers from Griffith ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... across Asia-Pacific markets, Lim noted. "There are markets that use ESG and religious values, and others that use more ethical approaches," he said. "It's very mandate driven. Then in other markets, the most interesting developments in markets like Korea ...

Tax transparency an ESG consideration for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... of litigation. The second group of investors are values-based investors that come at ESG from the point of view of an ethical standpoint - the way their investing aligns with an institution set of values. These people look at ESG data and come at it ...

UCA Funds Management publishes annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... Development Fund and the Uniting Growth Fund are now designated as managed investment schemes and have been retitled the Uniting Ethical Enhanced Cash Trust and the Uniting Ethical Australian Equities Trust, respectively. The move to responsible entity ...