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Property funds under green watch

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... more than $320 billion in assets, said that the fund has found it difficult to measure environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in real estate. "We therefore decided to develop our own environmental survey of the sector and to use the results ...

Asia ushers 2010 with caution

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2010
Investors will be wary of inflation and deflation risks, hedge funds will undergo closer scrutiny and ESG factors will take prominence - these are some of Mercer's investment trends predictions for Asia this year. Although the threat of sustained deflation ...

AustralianSuper overhauls SRI mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... Sustainable Balanced and Australian Sustainable Shares options will be managed using environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues when selecting stocks. Previously, the strategy was managed using an exclusion approach whereby stocks were 'screened ...

US firm launches religious ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... developed with FTSE Group and KLD Research and Analytics, which provide information on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in investments. The investment products exclude companies that benefit from gambling, alcohol, tobacco, pornography ...

VicSuper searches for CIO

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
... and implementing sustainable portfolios. VicSuper is renown for its implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment process. The fund won a number of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) annual ...

Cbus adds ESG into investment contracts

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... The $13 billion Construction & Building Industry Super (Cbus) is starting to include environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the fund's Investment Management Agreements (IMAs) when appointing fund managers. Trish Donohue, executive manager ...

Christian Super invests $50m in fixed income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
... securities, global government bonds and global credit securities, which are all reviewed using environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Peter Murphy, chief executive at Christian Super, said the fund's investment, reflects its commitment to ...

Perpetual signs UN PRI

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Responsible Investment (PRI). As a signatory, Perpetual Investments must formally incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its investment decision-making and ownership practices in a consistent and transparent manner. Perpetual's ...

Wesfarmers decision a win for ESG

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
In a win for listed company engagement, Wesfarmers has decided to find other sources of a mineral from outside a region with a questionable human rights record after engagement from institutional investors including Christian Super. Wesfarmers agreed ...

Where did the money go?

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... ethical strategies could be the result of institutional investors using all encompassing environmental, social and governance (ESG) approach. "Some of those stats would be for quite narrow ethical mandates but I think there's a broader move to ESG investments," ...