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Byrne: Investors' ESG risk awareness increase biggest change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... biggest changes that Ann Byrne has seen in her five years as chief executive officer of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne recently announced that she will step down as CEO at the end of October, but ...

Gaps in retailers' labour and human rights policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... policy, and none of them have board oversight of LHR issues, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI commissioned Regnan Governance Research and Engagement to analyse sourcing and LHR risks for 34 companies ...

PRI to launch new reporting, assessment framework in October

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Reynolds, who joined PRI in February after previously working as chief executive of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). "We've got signatories from developing countries that are starting down the path, for example. We need to ...

End of Financial Year time for tax, ethical investment check

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The end of the financial year is an opportunity for investors to consider how their superannuation money is being invested from both a tax and an ethics perspective, according to Australian Ethical. In a recent communication, the ethical superannuation ...

Ann Byrne to step down as ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Ann Byrne, chief executive of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) will step down in October. Ann Byrne, ACSI CEO Byrne has been ACSI CEO for more than five years, and recently informed ACSI's Committee of Management of her decision. ...

Publish What You Pay renews call for mandatory disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
... Australia. "Will it wake them up?" Civil society groups, investors and investor groups such as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors are pressing for mandatory disclosure of payments mining and extractive companies make to governments in ...

NZ Super excludes nuclear base operators from investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has decided to exclude a group of nuclear base operators because they are involved in programs to extend the life of nuclear stockpiles in the United States and United Kingdom. The NZ$22bn NZ Superannuation Fund will ...

Bill McKibben urges super funds to divest from fossil fuel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental activist Bill McKibben has met with superannuation funds during his recent Australian tour, pressing the economic and moral case for investors to divest from fossil fuel companies. Bill McKibben, co-founder and chairman of the board of ...

NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super has become the first superannuation fund to invest in a social benefit bond with an AU$500,000 allocation to an AU$7 million bond. The social benefit bond (SBB) was launched by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and will fund the Newpin program ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... for that idea - that engagement can actually contribute to a better return." There is also discussion within the superannuation industry as to whether asset owners need to become more present in engagement activities, in addition to using third party ...