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VicSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... Report in the financial service sector awards. In February, VicSuper and the $13 billion industry fund HESTA unveiled ESG Research Australia, a new research program that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments.

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... all internally managed assets. However it also outlined a number of key challenges including a lack of effective ESG research across the industry - from many listed companies, fellow signatories, asset consultants and investment managers. Addressing ...

Regnan to appoint new ESG research manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
Regnan is looking for a new ESG research manager after Nathan Fabian takes a new role at the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand (IGCC). "We are sad to see Nathan move on but our loss is the IGCC's gain. Climate change is a major ...

UniSuper wins Investment Stewardship award

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2009
... Responsible Investment - of which UniSuper was an early signatory. The fund also recently signed up to participate in ESG Research Australia, a new program to encourage research that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments which was ...

UniSuper stands up for ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2009
... now the $21 billion UniSuper has taken up the environmental, social and governance crusade when it recently joined ESG Research Australia. UniSuper is the latest participant of ESG Research Australia, a new program to encourage research that takes into ...

RiskMetrics buys Innovest

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2009
RiskMetrics Group has bought global sustainability researcher, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. Innovest Strategic Value Advisors client base represents $10 trillion in assets under management and specialises in analysing companies' performance on ...

CFS pumps up ESG investing

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
Colonial First State is making ESG research one of its top priorities this year. CFS, which is one of the supporters of VicSuper and HESTA's new ESG Research Australia initiative, said it had been actively supporting these issues for a number of years ...

VicSuper and HESTA champion ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2009
... initiative. Public offer superannuation fund VicSuper and the $13 billion industry fund HESTA yesterday unveilled ESG Research Australia - a new program to encourage research that takes into account the impact of ESG issues on investments. According ...

FTSE adds more ESG indices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2008
... strategies - both as benchmarks and as the basis for investment products," he said. Based in the US, KLD Indexes provides ESG research for institutional investors and also develops benchmark, strategy and custom indexes so investment managers to integrate ...

ESG buck stops with super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) conference yesterday, Coombe, said the firm already provided its clients with ESG research but would do more if the industry is willing to fund it. "Consultants get paid to do research in what they're interested ...