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PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... manager to explicitly weigh and consider fundamental factors," the paper said. "Such an approach could be suitable in an equity or credit long/short strategy. However where a strategy involves being long or short an index or sector (as opposed to an ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... to specific client requirements." The new ESG strategy combines the ESG Dashboard analysis with the expertise of Hermes' Equity Ownership Services (EOS), a stewardship resource that globally has more than AU$116bn in assets under advice. EOS analyses ...

CDP: increased water risk awareness, lagging board response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... change in number of companies with board-level oversight of water strategies. CDP invited 318 companies from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (Global 500) to participate in the 2012 Global Water Report, because they operate in water-intensive sectors ...

AXA IM brings ESG equities analytic framework to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia this week to launch the research. The investment manager conducted an integration pilot study based on AXA IM's UK equity team, which manages more than over GBP 10 billion of UK equity assets. AXA IM focused on six ESG criteria - management ...

SEFA: developing sustainable loan portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... finance, to mirror this global movement of the social enterprise economy." Blom noted that Triodos has a long-term return on equity of between 4 and 7%, in line with industry standards. David Rickards, SEFA managing director, explained later in the panel ...

Stockland publishes integrated 2012 annual review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... chairman, in the annual report. "We are managing the pace of our spending on new projects carefully to avoid the need for new equity and continue to pay steady distributions to securityholders in future years out of operating earnings, while maintaining ...

ASX100 CEO pay, bonuses decline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... 2011 was 13.8 times higher because Aquila Resources' share price appreciated substantially. "The valuation and size of equity incentives affect the value transferred to executives from shareholders," Byrne said in a media statement. "All investors need ...

Omega Global Investors hires investment research analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... in assets under management and is a majority employee-owned business, with Macquarie Global Investments holding a 19.9% equity stake in the business as well. In June, Local Government Super (LGS) announced it had moved all of its nearly AU$170m government ...

Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... institutional investment market. Goldston-Morris comes to Solaris from Macquarie Securities, where he was director, head of equity strategies. His hire comes as Solaris took over the management of its distribution services in July. "With AU$4bn in funds ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG." Neuberger Berman operates in an autonomous fashion, with 44 investment teams covering equities, fixed income, private equity and alternative asset classes. We have one dedicated socially responsible equities investment team, but across the broader ...