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ACSI governance guidelines increase push for board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... remuneration structure aligns to performance." To that end, the guidance expresses support for boards taking deferred bonuses in equity and "maintaining the ability to claw back award where necessary", and opposes overly generous CEO sign on grants. ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... and ideas in Australia, where before there was a fundamental gap between very early stage investing and proper private equity: there was a gap where that wasn't being fulfilled by Australian superannuation funds and it was resulting in pushing talent ...

CEFC commits $250m to large scale solar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... risk." The CEFC will also seek to catalyse finance to support large scale solar developments with co-investment in debt and equity, Dow said. "In this way, we can help fill the funding gap in the large-scale solar sector, and encourage greater participation ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... the sort of financial risks that each of the investments produces. We will invest across the spectrum, across debt and equity, and we will have an ability to take a long term investment in relation to the profile of the super fund." The investment horizon ...

Average CEO pay increased in 2014: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
Australia's 10 highest-paid chief executives collected AU$171.4 million in cash and equity earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investor's annual CEO Pay study. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO Based on statutory reporting, the top ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... 47 participants, compared to 44 in 2014, representing assets of US$157 billion and covering 1,353 assets. On the private equity side, the number of reporting entities is 35, up from 34 in 2014, GRESB said in the report. Australian/NZ funds and companies ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... medium to large sustainable ASX-listed companies, and are designed to serve as both an internal benchmark for Future Super's equity portfolios and to satisfy demand from retail and institutional investors. "For us, there are two purposes in doing this," ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... launched a fund strategy that integrates their proprietary Northern Trust Quality Score (NTQS) with ESG rankings to create equity portfolios that optimise for both attributes. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management, Northern ...

NZ Super Fund invests in View Glass

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... recycling company LanzaTech. In New Zealand, the fund invests in expansion capital via investment managers Pencarrow Private Equity, Pioneer Capital Partners and Waterman Capital. Around 1.5% of the NZ$29.6 billion NZ Super Fund is invested in expansion ...

HESTA creates first Reconciliation Action Plan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... documentation that would be substantive rather than anecdotal. Superannuation is meant to be for all Australians. We speak about equity in all areas of superannuation, such as the fact that women retire with about half of the balance of their male counterparts. ...