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LGS to boost sustainability team

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2010
NSW-based Local Government Super (LGS) is searching for a sustainability officer to assist in monitoring its investments. The successful candidate will report to the fund's chief investment officer. The fund is a signatory to the United Nations Principles ...

CFS to hire ESG manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... our global operations," said McCluskey. The newly-created role is just one of many new and potential appointments in the local financial services sector. McCluskey said she observed various super funds have made internal appointments specific to sustainability ...

Vanguard outlines responsible investment stance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... governance within the listed firm. Watt said Vanguard's stance on the UN PRI, to her knowledge, has not negatively affected the local business. "We don't think it has - we get asked about this quite a bit and our answer seems to satisfy people," she ...

LGS appoints Mercer as consultant

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2009
The $6 billion NSW-based Local Government Super has appointed Mercer as its new asset consultant to replace Intech Investments. "Our evaluation of the asset consultant market identified several synergies between the Mercer and LGS models," said Peter ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
... allocation review. The major change is the introduction of an "Australian shares bias" across all investment options that have local and international shares, excluding the Socially Responsible Balanced option. "The bias was adopted in the benchmarks ...

Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... the UN PRI board. Four other nominees are contesting the position including fellow Australian, Ian Robertson, trustee at Local Government Superannuation (LGS). Results of the election are expected to be announced by early June. Atkin said Cbus is ramping ...

VicSuper seeds $150m low carb fund

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... and represent the top 40 per cent of each industry for carbon performance. VicSuper has long been a key figurehead in the local push towards incorporating sustainability in investments. The country's super fund industry collectively invest $300 billion ...

Plus Capital eyes offshore managers

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... don't have a presence in Australia. The firm creates Australian domiciled funds that feed into the offshore funds, because local institutions prefer to deal with managers that hold an AFSL, said Neil Wild, partner at Plus Capital. The firm's first client ...

Regnan to appoint new ESG research manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... by ARIA (formerly the PSS and CSS), BT Investment Management, Hermes Investment Management Limited, HESTA Super Fund, NSW Local Government Superannuation Scheme, Vanguard, VicSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). These investors collectively ...

Regnan adds to governance team

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2009
... Governance Advisory Service resources. Regnan is co-owned by ARIA, BT Investment Management, Hermes UK, HESTA Super, NSW Local Government Superannuation Scheme, Vanguard, VicSuper and VFMC.

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Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY
Australian Retirement Trust has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year.

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Apex Group and ACA Group have formed a partnership to offer their clients a wider range of services.

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