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Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... challenge as it grows. I also chair one of the working groups which is part of our strategy and which is more focused on data capture. In the institutional framework, data is critical. It basically doesn't exist in the local impact investment market ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... whether to invest in them or not," she said. "There's definitely positives from it. It's early days in terms of the actual data. I've seen good board matrices, and some that are less helpful. I think the self-assessment in companies, it has to be a positive ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Data security and cyber security issues have the potential for significant reputational and financial impacts on companies' performance, and AMP Capital says the issue should be well understood and priorities at the board level. Karin Halliday, AMP ...

Diversity Council Australia rates Asia capability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... tool, which gets people to assess seven dimensions to see where they fit. Our next phase will be an attempt to aggregate the data to get a true understanding of where people in the market sit. It will take a broad spectrum approach to assess where different ...

Australia/NZ property companies, funds outperform: GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainability-specific requirements, as compared to 60% globally. Clauses include operational performance standards, sharing of utility data, "obligations to do nothing to adversely affect the environmental performance of the building", energy-efficient ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Companies are screened according to proprietary Future Super research, which includes Thomson Reuters ESG services as a primary data source, amongst others. The indices will be available on Thomson Reuters Eikon, the company's financial desktop and mobile ...

Human rights considerations part of trustee board obligations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... burgeoning sophistication and proliferation of means to measure, assess and execute based on carbon emissions and climate change data, there are fewer tools to hand to help trustees assess human rights risks. "The question will arise as to how well you're ...

Northern Trust makes case for combining quality with ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... combination with ESG rankings can provide, on average, an additional 1.4% of alpha annually. Quality adds an uncorrelated set of data because quality analyses different indicators, Hunstad said. Although Northern Trust manages equity portfolios for LUCRF ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... ability of service organisations to adapt to more outcomes-based contracting, to achieve that, and to collect the relevant data that is necessary to undertake this sort of contracting," Learmonth said. "New South Wales has two live bonds- Newpin and ...

Telstra publishes 2015 Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... experience, energy efficiency and carbon emissions, digital access and inclusion, ethics, values and governance, privacy and data protection, digital literacy, diversity and inclusion, cyber safety, culture and engagement and ICT innovation enabling ...