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CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Pablo Berrutti has been hired as Colonial First State Global Asset Management's head of responsible investment Asia Pacific, while Amanda McCluskey has moved to a new role with the company in Singapore. Pablo Berrutti Berrutti comes to Colonial First ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... bonds is that there needs to be much more traction and momentum," said Helga Birgden, Mercer's head of responsible investment in Asia Pacific. "The supranationals are pushing them, but governments need to push them as well. There also needs to be a lot ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... does ESG play in overall at Five Oceans? Is ESG analysis one of a variety of signals for Five Oceans? RY: [Responsible investment] is a guiding principle for the company. It was something we felt strongly about from when we started the company in 2005. ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... not a particularly long track record. More than AU$3bn of LGS's funds under management are invested in responsible investment strategies. See Also: Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds LGS audit finds ASX has higher carbon, lower ESG ...

Australian Ethical Investments faces EGM board spill

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... employee. They say they want to return the fund manager to its "original culture" as an ethical leader in the responsible investment space, Xirakis said. "Australian Ethical are a boutique manager in a very small niche but a very particular niche," Xirakis ...

Perpetual to extend ESG dashboard to fixed income space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... reports have been written and the analysts have started using those reports, said Pablo Berrutti, manager - responsible investment and sustainability at Perpetual. "Some want to use it as engagement tool - we've had a couple of analysts that have gone ...

Skills shortage in oil and gas sector a material ESG risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... expenditure projects for exploration and production, according to a report by AXA Investment Managers' responsible investment team. Matt Christensen The AXA IM report investigates the link between what they saw as a mid-career gap of skilled staff, particularly ...

Superannuation funds increasingly act, invest sustainably

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... 6% over 2011. In terms of collaborative body participation, 25% are signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), 19% to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) and 17% to the Carbon Disclosure Project. The report ...

GBST, CAER to offer quantitative ESG data tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... ESG risk management tool aimed at superannuation funds and fund managers. The product can be used as a responsible investment overlay for ASX300 equities, with a set of 12 ESG factors - four environmental, four social, four governance - which can be ...

CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... income, direct property and direct infrastructure, according to the report. Additionally, CFSGCAM has a responsible investment team. "Each equity investment team takes an autonomous approach to integrating ESG considerations into the investment process ...