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Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... to the index. Northern Trust has built the index in collaboration with MSCI ESG Research and Institutional Shareholder Services' (ISS) ESG screens. The MSCI Emerging Markets Custom ESG Index and the Northern Trust fund are designed to give exposure to ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... narrowing. In the superannuation space, you have industry funds becoming more prominent as well, which are affecting the institutional space. If you're a boutique fund manager, it's getting very difficult because you're not a household name, and you're ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... strategy. In 2012, ANZ piloted a sustainability leadership program aimed at their staff in the international and institutional business (IBB) line. The half day course was delivered in partnership with WWF-Australia and is designed to assist staff in ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Concomitant with institutional investors developing their processes for evaluating and overseeing potential impact investments and fund managers in that sphere and working on appropriate benchmarks for measuring financial, social and environmental impacts ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... The strategy combines Hermes' existing quantitative equities process with its proprietary "ESG Dashboard" to allow institutional investors to design global equities portfolios that do not invest in companies that are "unwilling or unable to engage with ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Participants in the Australian institutional proxy voting system need to reform operational processes to prevent potential errors, according to a study released today by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The study was conducted ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... about our approach. Should GetUp change their approach and opt for constructive dialogue, our door remains open." Institutional investors will be contacted by GetUp as part of this push, said Rohan Wenn, GetUp spokesman. "We're reaching out to our members ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... said. "However, we're definitely taking a bigger engagement approach. We have had meetings with some rather large institutional investors to talk about engagement and making sure we get support for anything that we're looking to do. We want to bring ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... companies with market capitalisation of less than AU$300m to issue new shares worth 10% of market cap via placement to institutional investors at a discount of up to 25% of the rolling average 15-day price. Currently, ASX listed companies can raise 15% ...

Proxy voting error results in Emeco AGM double-count

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... then you can absolutely sure you have an audit trail." At Emeco's 2011 annual general meeting (AGM) in December, an institutional custodial shareholder double counted the proxy votes of two beneficial shareholders resulting in an excess of votes cast. ...

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The Federal Budget is an "excellent down-payment" on clean energy - but fails on nature and biodiversity, gas, electrification, and ACCUs.

Stewardship resources should double

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ESG jobs in 2024: Salaries, career tips and more

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Fund selection risk a material issue

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Investors face fund selection risk and a substantial disparity in performance when choosing sustainable investment strategies, especially when it comes to ESG exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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