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S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... S&P's statement said these companies "have demonstrated the ability to manage both current and future economic and governance opportunities... [and] must also have a sustained history of financial quality." "Over the past few years, there has been an ...

CalPERS chief executive retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2016
... officials, including its former chief executive. Under Stausboll's leadership CalPERS integrated environmental, social and governance factors in to its investment portfolio; it navigated sweeping reforms and laws related to placement agents; it implemented ...

Report highlights sea-change in asset owner operations

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2016
... ideas turn into a career risk. Neal therefore thinks that the internal culture of the asset owner - from recruitment to governance - is particularly important. The Fund's board meets at least 10 times per year to test its investment team's ideas rather ...

Silk joins PRI advisory committee

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016
... Asset Owner Insight has a focus "to deliver fresh insights on areas such as incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into selecting, appointing and monitoring managers and managing passive investment." It is working closely ...

Northern Trust wins Mutual Trust custody mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2016
... superannuation, succession planning and intergenerational wealth transfer, asset protection and family office strategy, governance and operations.

Choice of super fund won't always work: REST

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016
... was one of several views presented by REST Industry Super in its submission to the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption's discussion paper on options for law reform. In the submission signed by REST chair Ken Marshman, it is pointed ...

Cbus Royal Commission findings impact industry

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
Fallout from the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption will fuel heated debates on superannuation trustee governance, selection of default super funds, and trade union relationships with industry super funds. In his scathing final ...

Martin Currie completes PK Investment Management deal

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016
... as might be expected. With supportive central bank and government policies in place, allied to improving corporate governance helping drive further balance sheet efficiency, we see a continued positive backdrop for investors, provided that global economic ...

Good Super founders take the reins from MD

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... investing by creating shared value." Good Super approaches superannuation investments from an environmental, social and governance perspective; according to its statement, it "invests into funds, products and ventures that seek to tackle the world's ...

Former NSW politician joins Media Super

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
... "all profits to members" model where board decisions are guided solely by member's interests," Tebbutt said. "Good governance is essential if superannuation funds are going to deliver superior returns to members. I look forward to working with the other ...