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Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... consideration of social impacts, positive and negative, of superannuation funds' investment decisions with superannuation fund trustees' fiduciary obligations and whether investing for economic and social return is compatible with obligations such as ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Australian Youth Climate Coalition (AYCC) on The Vital Few, a grassroots project that asks people to contact their superannuation fund demanding disclosure and transparency on details about climate risk and the extent of their fossil fuel based investments. ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... wisdom in this area. As frameworks become established and accepted, you will see how important this is. A superannuation fund - as investor - will take a professional view that will, increasingly, put a value or attach a value to the true impact of that ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... whether the risks outweigh the opportunities, and indeed, what the risks are to the ultimate beneficiaries - the superannuation fund members - particularly as superannuation funds are universal owners and thus exposed to these risks both directly and ...

IGCC releases reports analysing climate change impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... launched the reports at the recently held Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, an annual gathering of superannuation fund executives and will focus on other actors in the investment value chain, including fund managers, Fabian said. The reports ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer's global head of responsible investment Mercer has made those recommendations to superannuation fund clients at an investor forum in Melbourne this week. In a discussion entitled "Fair Capitalism - a Manifesto for Change", Jane ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...

AMP Capital invests in North American wind farm portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... and Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI). The investment from AMP Capital was made on behalf of a large Australian superannuation fund client, AMP Capital said, and it will help fund the growth of the wind energy project portfolios. Capistrano Wind Partners ...

Local Government Super sells upgraded property

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has sold one of the properties in its portfolio for AU$42m. LGS sold SKM House in St Leonards to Altis Property Partners Group. The property had been retrofitted to 6-star NABERS rating and received a $439,000 grant from ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
There are US$178.5bn of sustainable investments in Australia, representing about 18% of total assets under management, with integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being the single largest strategy employed by sustainable investors ...