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ASFA principles recommend super industry changes

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... campaign to achieve better retirement outcomes, higher levels of member engagement, greater industry efficiency and better governance and regulation. Within this campaign, ASFA makes a range of recommendations including having super paid on the Government's ...

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 ...

Aussies lag behind in PRI implementation

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... Progress 2009 found, in both countries, the bottom quartile score for each principle and for the implementation of governance, policy and strategy (GPS) was lower than the bottom quartile in any other developed country. "This suggests that a significant ...

Amnesty highlights Shell governance shortfall

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... key information around its operations in the Niger Delta - potentially exposing fund managers to unknown corporate governance issues. The Amnesty International letter to Shell highlighted the oil firm's business principle 7, which commits to "providing ...

Governance indices create illusions: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2009
Indices that seek to describe a company's governance credentials through quantitative measures are poor indicators of future investment returns. A major paper published in the Columbia Law Review, 'The Promise and Peril of Corporate Governance Indices' ...

AFM hires RI expert

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... quality investment managers operating globally that have significant expertise in incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment processes," said Noble. "There are also significant opportunities opening up in alternative ...

DC pension risk reviews flawed

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2008
... to mitigate these risks," he said. However, the tide is turning and Watson Wyatt found DC plans are focusing more on governance with 11 per cent of trustee boards creating a DC sub committee within the trust to provide time and the focus this issue needs. ...

Sustainability the new pizzazz at nabCapital

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
... Series 2008-1 will allow investors to invest in 20 ASX listed companies which have been selected for their corporate governance and sustainable business practices. The notes will arm investors with capital protection via collateral invested in a floating ...

CFS engages Innovest for ESG research

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2008
... providers, Innovest Strategic Value Advisers, in the next phase of its ongoing integration of environment, social and governance (ESG) risk assessment into its investment processes. CFS GAM will utilise the results of Innovest's ESG research to deliver ...

Iraqi economic growth to hit 7 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... to the greenback on a "crawling" basis, meaning that even in Iraq you are not safe from sub-prime contagion. On the governance front, the Iraqi authorities are aiming to strengthen public financial management and central bank accounting frameworks while ...