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Australian managers most focused on ESG

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
... CFA survey of investment professionals found that 78% of CFA Institute members in the Asia Pacific region consider ESG issues. Investors from Europe, the Middle East and Africa region ranked lower at 74%, and were followed by those in the Americas regions ...

ESG becoming essential to insto alternative investment

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... Belgium, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and the UK - the research showed that 75% of respondents incorporated ESG issues into their alternative asset investments. Similarly, 69% of participants believed their stakeholders had ESG concerns. ...

HESTA non-committal on Transfield divestment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... require all our investment managers - appointed to manage investments on behalf of HESTA and its members - to consider ESG issues when making investment decisions." The call from the ASU for the super fund to divest entirely from Transfield Services ...

Instos bring ESG perspective to ASX companies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... and cooperating on.'" He stressed that, as long-term investors, super funds are becoming increasingly concerned with ESG issues, an area that short-term investors give less thought to. The GIA's Judith Fox added that institutional investors "want to ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... demonstrated understanding not only of the importance of sustainability in investing but of how to successfully address ESG issues in everyday investment planning and practice, makes her an excellent choice for the Board." Davison will replace Ian Robertson ...

ACSI appoints Future Fund exec as new chief

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... consultant in Zurich. "Australia has a world-class pension system, and has become a centre of excellence in integrating ESG issues into investment decision-making and the exercise of ownership rights. ACSI and its members have been in the vanguard of ...

ESG risks can wipe $21.4bn off sharemarket: study

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... amount," Credit Suisse analyst Sandra McCullagh said. According to the research, the sectors most likely to be affected by ESG issues in the next 12 months are diversified resources with potential losses of $6.2 billion and the media sector, which could ...

ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... Research award at the ESG Research Australia awards, held yesterday in Sydney. Citi showed once again its commitment to ESG issues not only through formal research pieces, but through seminars, briefings and a broad understanding of the issues that corporations ...

Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... investors is the long-term sustainability of a country's economic and political situation and therefore addressing ESG issues naturally aligns with this. In addition, many institutional investors wish to limit reputational or headline risk in order to ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... to protect their members' interests, rather than just assessing ESG at a company level. The ability of macro-level ESG issues to undermine investors' interest was a major theme raised at the recent UN PRI conference, said Domagala. The conference - held ...