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Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... companies with exposures to activities such as coal, tar sands mining, and coal-fired electricity generators, the superannuation fund said. The threshold for the "high carbon sensitive" negative screen has been set at a minimum of one third of company ...

Future Super launches as first fossil-fuel free fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Future Super, Australia's first fossil fuel free superannuation fund, has been launched and is tapping into the growing fossil fuel divestment movement as part of its potential membership base. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "investor relations" to "owner relations." Judith Fox, director, policy, Governance Institute of Australia With superannuation funds becoming more active in exercising their voting rights, and larger funds taking their domestic Australian investment ...

SuperMIND calculates costs of mental illness, suicide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Claims related to suicide cost 13 industry superannuation fund and their insurers more than AU$200 million between 2007-2011,according to SuperFriend, a not-for-profit mental health foundation. Shane Fielding, principal of group risk at IFS Insurance ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Prudential Regulation Authority] APRA who have put on the record in their response to the interim report that once superannuation funds have met the requirements of the SIS Act, they can also consider impact. Now that is something that people in the ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... average earnings, a 33% drop below the 2007 peak of 94 times average earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI has released its 13 th annual CEO Pay in ASX 200 Companies. The survey, carried out by Ownership ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... challenging, but it's critical if we are to make sure that we are funding the right programs." The AU$1.8 trillion superannuation fund industry could be a source of funding for social purpose, and Traill pointed to emerging impact investing products ...

SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... investors, and managed by a skilled intermediary," and/or sourcing further funding by government tapping unclaimed superannuation and bank accounts, as has been previously done by the United Kingdom's Big Society Capital Bank. "Our first-hand experience ...

SVA: Newpin social benefit bond returns 7.5% in first year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... volatility in annual returns as the seven year period rolls out, Learmonth said. The Newpin SBB raised AU$7 million. Superannuation fund NGS Super bought an AU$500,000 allocation in the bond. A second SBB was also launched last year in New South Wales. ...

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... also be funded through the gift of a single stock as well, making it different from investment vehicles such as superannuation funds or managed funds, Knowles noted. "The other area where you see people having a growth allocation is where people bring ...