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'Visionary' ACSI President receives posthumous award

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2013
... funds to be the active owners they are today. All investors have benefited from his leadership and the adoption of ESG investment models."

Australian companies 20 years off ESG reporting standards: ACSI

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2013
... must be meaningful, accurate, timely and comparable data to help investors identify and manage their exposure to ESG investment risks." The report also found that there appears to be a notable degree of correlation between company size and sustainability ...

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... fund manager Australian Ethical and financial planning group Premium Wealth Management, to name just a couple of ESG investment advocates interviewed for the report. The edition also features the award winners of the AFA/Plan for Life Awards and the ...

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Financial advisers should share some of the blame for the slow uptake of retail-level Environmental, Social and Governance investments by their clients, said industry insiders. It isn't necessarily true that responsible investments mean less return ...

New ESG guidelines to aid super investors

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... Companies. The guide includes essential information and data that super funds and fund managers would use to assess ESG investment risk, although companies will only be asked to report those risks relevant to their business. According to Ann Byrne, chief ...

Super industry reviews carbon tax impact

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011
... the pricing of carbon and the transition from the fixed-price arrangement to the floating price. Louise Davidson, ESG investment manager for CBUS, said those positioned for environmental social and governance investing would be best-placed to deal with ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Institutional investors and fund managers can use a new Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings data service from global index provider FTSE Group to identify eligible companies for investment. The FTSE4Good ESG ratings product, launched this ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
Investments in international property, hedge funds and ethical investments have fallen sharply during the June quarter, Rainmaker data shows. The Rainmaker Roundup June quarter report found among the slowest growing sectors was international property ...