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Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are opposing a proposal by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) to allow small to mid-cap companies to issue discounted new shares to investors via placements. Ann Byrne In a discussion ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... with the insights of their 16 equities analysts to develop one page reports on the ESG risks and opportunities of 240-270 ASX-listed stocks that potentially meet the firm's standards for investment. Thus far, about 15 reports have been written and the ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... biannual carbon and ESG portfolio risk audits and releasing the results of the audits on their website. See Also: LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... added to that are the human rights issues. We deliver that as part of the service. We will deliver the factors against every ASX 300 ranking and deliver alerts against a particular stock."

LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... equities are more carbon intensive, they have a lower ESG risk than international peers. Bill Hartnett The audits show that the ASX is more carbon intensive - in terms of CO2 emissions/revenue - than the MSCI World benchmark index, with a score of 297 ...

International human rights law impacts Australian companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Australian companies are exposed to risks stemming from human rights issues, and should be aware of international laws and frameworks creating obligations or pressure to set, implement and monitor human rights policies. Although there is not one set ...

Australian Ethical funds post mixed month for February

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... Ethical's Smaller Companies Trust had the highest returns for the moth, with a 4.5% return, underperforming the benchmark ASX Small Industrials index, which gained 8.5% per cent. Australian Ethical pointed to the strong performance of regenerative medicines ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
Remuneration reports have become overly long and filled with legal jargon that is not easily understood, said Peter Morgan, founder of 452 Capital. Speaking at the Ownership Matters governance conference in Melbourne, Morgan told an audience of investors ...

Investors require more corporate ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosure and analysis of ESG risks and opportunities. At the moment, ESG reporting is introduced via Principle 7 of the ASX Corporate Governance Council Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations. Principle 7 establishes how companies should ...

Corporate sustainability a vehicle for value creation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... held in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility. See Also: Integrated reporting - should ASX follow in South Africa's footsteps?