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Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... capital, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific, Mercer Mercer's responsible investment team has presented its case in "Fair Capitalism - a Manifesto for Change", a discussion with institutional investors in ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... Trevor Thomas, managing director of Ethinvest. The two model portfolios run on the Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform. Both the ASX50 and ASX100 model portfolios are constructed around negative screens. ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will this year create a global responsible investment committee (GRIC) and an ESG risks committee to assess ESG risk exposures across asset classes. GRIC will be chaired by CEO Mark Lazberger, CFSGAM ...

RI Academy to offer Enhanced Financial Analysis course

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
The RI Academy, the online environmental, social and governance investment course established by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), has developed its first advanced course. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RI Academy's Enhanced Financial ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... a key performance driver for these investments," said Harald Walkate, senior vice-president and head of responsible investment at AEGON Group. "In addition, sustainability as a factor in real estate investments is more than a 'nice to have' - it is a ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... it." Knowles predicted that the measurement of social impact of investments will become integrated into responsible investment metrics in the way that environmental and governance metrics have become part of investment decision-making. "I think where ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... than 35 years combined business and financial services experience and possesses more than 13 years in the responsible investment sector as a consultant, publisher of Ethical Investor magazine and philanthropy research and publishing unit Givewell, director ...

Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... reduces assets in a low-return environment, according to Mercer. Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer's global head of responsible investment Mercer has made those recommendations to superannuation fund clients at an investor forum in Melbourne this week. In a ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton Nicol Reid, a signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, uses ESG metrics in two ways - as part of its investment process in its high conviction equities portfolio, and in a more ...

Colonial First State GAM to drive further ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... asset classes and markets. The fund manager is a top-quartile performer according to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) rankings, but CFSCAM is seeking to push their performance in ESG integration further, said Will Oulton, global head ...