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Dow Jones Sustainability Indices hails ESG leaders

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2015
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, offered jointly by RobecoSAM and S&P Dow Jones Indices, has released its 2015 review. The equity indices are limited to companies that pass RobecoSAM's environmental, social and governance (ESG) evaluations, collectively ...

Blue Sky adds maths software company

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
Blue Sky Private Equity has made a multi-million investment for a significant minority share of education technology company ORIGO Education, which provides cloud-based primary school mathematics software. The capital will allow the company, which was ...

Regulators put super funds on notice

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has flagged new developments in post-retirement as an area it will be monitoring closely. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference recently ...

ASIC would "rarely" ban products

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
ASIC would only ban products in "extreme circumstances" if its regulatory powers were expanded as per Financial System Inquiry recommendations, ASIC chair Greg Medcraft said. Speaking at the Banking and Financial Services Law Association conference ...

Failure to monitor ESG may breach fiduciary duty

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
A United States Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for actions against institutions that fail to monitor the effects that climate change has on their portfolios. The Supreme Court held on 18 May 2015 that trustees have a fiduciary duty, emanating ...

APRA trustee reforms, definition of independence yet to be finalised

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2015
APRA has released a discussion paper detailing the government's proposals for more independent trustees on super fund boards while conceding the definition of independence is yet to be finalised. The proposed changes to trustee operations have divided ...

ClearView life insurance drives $20m profit

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
ClearView has boosted its net profit after tax to $20.5 million in FY2015, up 4% on the previous year. This growth was primarily driven by the company's life insurance division, which boosted net profit by 41% to $15.3 million, thanks to a 26% in new ...

Should the Fed re-launch QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2015
Ask not when the Fed would start raising interest rates but whether the Fed should re-launch QE. Let's take a trip back to 29 July, Virginia - the day the Fed released its policy statement at the conclusion of its 28-29 July FOMC meeting - it was sliced ...

Investec fund acquires Brisbane property

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2015
Investec Australia Property Fund (IAPF) has acquired an $18.15 million property in a Brisbane industrial suburb. The acquisition, which is fully funded with debt, brings the value of the fund's total portfolio to $379.45 million and the fund's gearing ...

ASFA concerned about board governance timeline

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is concerned about the timeframe for approving transition plans to have at least one-third independent directors on super fund boards. In a letter to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority ...