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Super fund ESG specialist joins PRI committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... Pension Plan (co-chairs of the committee in 2017), Matthieu Baret of Idinvest Partners, and John Beil of University of California for the time and expertise that they dedicated to their roles on the committee. HESTA's Saleeba is also on the PRI's Australia ...

Game theory revolutionises risk profiling

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... other traditional data collection methods with game theory and behavioural economics. Invented by former University of California Berkeley Economics Department chair Shachar Kariv, TrueProfile is built on the reality that clients cannot accurately state ...

Deutsche AM maps impact of climate risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2017
... management, now mapping the physical location of corporate facilities and their exposure to climate risks. Partnering with a California-based climate intelligence advisory firm Four Twenty Seven, the physical locations of more than one million global ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... $485,575 4 National Pension South Korea $462,161 5 ABP Netherlands $404,310 6 National Social Security China $348,662 7 California Public Employees U.S. $306,633 8 Canada Pension Canada $235,790 9 Central Provident Fund Singapore $227,102 10 PFZW Netherlands ...

Goodments outshines at WAMTech PitchFest

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... create a more sustainable future. Culver's prize includes tickets to the 2017 EY Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California in November and six months of mentoring from an EY leader to help grow and develop his business. The event was supported ...

FoFA should also protect retail banking customers: FSU

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... goals" that prioritised selling products rather than servicing customers drove him to depression and attempt suicide. California-based Colin had to sell between 10 to 20 products per day and open new accounts "by all means necessary." The stress of it ...

PAC secures $33m in insto capital

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2017
... fully underwritten by Ord Minnett, comprised approximately $12 million to cover costs associated with the purchase of California-based Aperio Group; $10 million to meet various other liabilities; and $8 million for general working capital and to meet ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board reached the decision last week, based upon its long-term ...

Franklin Templeton expands local operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... Zealand. She was most recently a vice president of global consultant relations covering the US West Coast based in California, and will now be working from Franklin Templeton's office in Melbourne. She will report to managing director Maria Wilton. Manonian ...

FSC and EY seek WAMtech revolution

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... in Sydney on 29 June, with the winner receiving two tickets to the 2017 EY Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, California, as well as six months of business mentoring from an EY partner. Short-listed finalists will also be considered for inclusion ...