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Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... investment house has developed a new framework for analysing countries according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, which it says will manage reputational risk associated with some sovereign debt assets without materially impacting ...

ESG Vet takes reins at Uniting Church fund manager

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2013
Hunter Hall's former head of responsible investment research Michael Walsh will start as boss of uniting Church investment wing UCA Funds Management from February 4 this year. The responsible investing veteran was drawn to the role by UCA Funds Management's ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... be re-elected if a significant proportion of shareholders disagree with the amount directors are paid. AMP Capital head of ESG research Dr Ian Woods said the increased scrutiny of remuneration reports has led to improved discussions on other governance ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... bond strategy, by way of a $170 million diversified portfolio with an explicit focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. Other 2012 ESG activities which contributed to LGS's receipt of this latest Award include: Specific allocation of ...

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... Harding-Davis, chief executive, Premium Wealth Management. "I often hear in the adviser community that there is no demand for ESG investments, but this is a mater of advisers thinking about products rather than about solutions," Harding-Davis said at ...

AIST CEO resigns for UN post

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... achieve the PRI's goals of a sustainable financial system that makes an active contribution to improved global governance and ESG engagement," she said. The Financial Services Council today also congratulated Reynolds on her appointment as said it looked ...

Hermes launches global quant equities ESG strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
Hermes Fund Managers has announced the launch of a new global quantitative equities Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) strategy. The new product, which has an active exposure to global equities whilst specifically incorporating ESG factors, is ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... stocks was more hostile. Burgess attempted to deflect questions about its tobacco investments by outlining the Future Fund's ESG policy and stated that, "we expect all of our managers and all our investment partners to have their own ESG people". But ...

Family businesses provide engine for recovery

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... attraction are, however, foreseeable risks where succession and ownership retention are at the heart of the model, prompting ESG sustainability issues to be high on the agenda. While the majority of family businesses involved in the survey are advanced ...

Greater teamwork for ESG: Towers Watson

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012
... harbour principles or 'comply or explain' initiatives for sustainable investing) or through supporting investment initiatives in ESG-related industries. "Most of the world's asset owner governance is creaking under financial and complexity pressures," ...