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Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... third of trustees are not. Meanwhile, 10 funds identify climate change risk as a key consideration in strategic asset allocation, which "takes the form of decision-making around asset allocation and weightings based on emissions intensity, as well as ...

Westpac, Mirvac named as global leaders in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
Westpac and Mirvac have been named as global leaders in two of the 24 industry groups represented in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2017. S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), and RobecoSAM, an investment specialist focused on sustainability investing ...

PRI, Willis Towers Watson partner on megatrends and impact on financial system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... on megatrends, their impact on the financial system and the risks and opportunities for investors in terms of asset allocation, portfolio management, integration and active ownership. PRI has commissioned Willis Towers Watson to write the report, which ...

VicSuper launches updated Socially Conscious investment option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association of Australia as a socially responsible investment option, VicSuper said. "The asset allocation went from a high growth option to a balanced option, and essentially the reason we did that was based on member feedback ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... and opportunities associated with climate change must be factored into consideration of risk strategy strategic asset allocation and mandates in the same way as any other material financial risk," she said. "I would expect that the board and trustees ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... investment beliefs allows investors to establish a sustainable growth framework that ultimately will show up at asset allocation level. The global goals are a mirror to investor traction. Sustainability as expressed through these goals highlight a real ...

HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... community services sector. This is the trust's first allocation. "We have a very flexible mandate in terms of the asset allocation," Learnmonth said. "We're looking at the full range - debt, mezzanine and equity style investments. Given that we're looking ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... need this capital and more over the coming years." The AU$30 million investment is not attributed to a specific asset allocation within the fund, but rather is drawn from investment pools across fund options, Fowler said. "This mandate doesn't sit in ...

Future Super, Thomson Reuters launch new indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... the long term, through a period of high volatility in the stock market," he said. "We've benefitted from our asset allocation, and we've tactically changing it per our beliefs in the market. From an organisation perspective, there is far more demand ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Time of Climate Change, a follow up on its 2011 study, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, which found that institutional investors could be hit by economic costs of carbon emission policies up to US$8tr by 2030. Investing ...