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HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... investment in Australia to date, although it is a relatively small amount for HESTA, the AU$32 billion industry superannuation fund for the health and community services sector. This is the trust's first allocation. "We have a very flexible mandate in ...

NZ Super Fund invests in NZ$113m housing project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super Fund) have invested in an NZ$113 million housing project in Auckland that will feature affordable housing. NZ Super Fund, NgÄi Tahu Property Limited and New Ground Capital have invested in the project ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian investors and investor industry bodies who have signed the Paris Pledge include the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Australian Ethical Investment, AustralianSuper, Christian Super, Cbus Super, Eureka Funds Management ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... sector constitutes a growing force in the finance and capital markets of Australasia. More than half of the major superannuation funds and nine of the top 10 fund managers have committed to a more responsible approach to undertaking investments."

ESG RA to become RIAA working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... (RIAA), RIAA has confirmed. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO ESG Research Associates has been an Australian association of superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants dedicated to "the amount and quality of stock broker research in Australia that ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors reported that 78% of engagement targets showed improvement in the 2014/2015 year, while also increasing the number of companies they engaged with by 20%. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI released its ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... purchase of the carbon credit offsets at the fund level, rather than a levy on individual members, Sheikh said. The superannuation fund has chosen offsets from South Pole's premium emission reduction projects located in China and Thailand which create ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Investments global head of responsible investment Ambachtsheer was in Australia this week, speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference in Brisbane on the topic of innovation and safeguarding return for funds in ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Choice, agreed that fiduciary responsibilities are changing, and that given the shape and structure of Australia's superannuation system and the behaviour of members, it would be more effective for funds to integrate ESG and responsible investment into ...

NZ Super publishes white paper on ESG beliefs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) believes that by identifying and managing material environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, it is allocating its capital "towards more attractive areas and better manag[ing] long term risk." ...