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RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... O'Connor said. "We're bullish on the size of the market, and to date, it's been driven by broad, strong institutional investment, and the acknowledgement that [environmental, social and governance] ESG risks are driving valuations. There's more and more ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... impact investment bond, where the coupon is subject to the achievement of certain impact targets, an institutional investment analyst that has been trained in bonds and equities will find it very challenging to form a proper assessment of the proper ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... rise in core responsible investment assets to nearly AU$32 billion has doubled In only two years. On the institutional investment side, Australia's largest asset managers are increasingly integrating responsible investment strategies, with AU$598 billion ...

PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... as director of policy. Fabian is currently the CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), an institutional investment collaborative association focused on climate policy and investment. He will take up his new role in London on 30 June. As director ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... AMP Capital. MUTB plans to generate fund vehicles based on these renewable assets and market them to institutional investment client, targeting the local pension plans seeking investments that provide stable cash flow and low correlation to traditional ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... available on several platforms, including Powerwrap, and Bovingdon said it was open to both retail and institutional investment.

Sustainalytics considering expansion into Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... are similarities between Canada and Australia in terms of economic structure and sophistication of the institutional investment sector. "I cut my teeth in the North American market, and there are lot of similarities with the Canadian market generally," ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... meeting long term investor expectations around sustainability reporting," said Paul Murphy, head of the institutional investment program at ACSI. ACSI assesses companies based on their disclosures of sustainability factors, not on their performance on ...

Labour rights, NGO activism and governance cited as ESG trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... criticism and controversies related to companies and projects around the world. Paul Murphy, head of the institutional investment program at the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), reinforced Aeby's view, pointing to ACSI's ongoing ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... government was to put some sort of money as described, then we can grow the sector and the mainstream institutional investment banks will come on board."