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Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... "Ultimately, it's about enabling institutional investors to adapt over the longer-term." Cbus environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment manager Louise Davidson said: "Cbus sees climate change as a significant issue for our investment portfolio ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... RosenbergA director of investment strategy Kathryn McDonald, said of the novel move to combine environmental, social and governance screens with a smart beta approach: "Overlaying smart beta with ESG is quite a new and novel concept but it's one we feel ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... addresses the problem. Hence we actively engage with companies on considering carbon risk." On the Environment, Social and Governance acumen of New Zealand fund managers, she said: "Our managers aren't quite up there yet in covering the ES side, so we ...

Vertical integration good for consumers, competition: instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... experience with vertically integrated entities can be enhanced through: refinement of existing disclosure and improved governance models for licensees." Read all Financial Standard coverage of the FSI here

Call general advice 'sales': CBA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
... placed on building and enhancing financial sector supervisory models that are forward looking and which promote the governance structures, corporate culture and management systems within financial institutions that will enable a firm to operate within ...

APRA releases additional requirements for large instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014
... until the end of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The new package includes new prudential standards in relation to governance, exposure management, risk management and capital adequacy for Australia's largest financial institutions. The new conditions ...

Independent trustees fix wrong problem

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... flawed assumptions, reveals new research released by the McKell Institute. In the report 'The Success of Representative Governance on Superannuation Boards' the authors - professor Raymond Markey, Dr Louise Thornwaite and associate professor Sue Wright ...

FSC Industry Excellence Award winners announced

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014

AustralianSuper, HOSTPLUS launch own-brand debit cards

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... same capabilities exist. But rather than being in the one corporate vehicle with the one board, management team and governance structure, this is in different vehicles but with the same focus."

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... services of research group CAER to research and rate the companies in which invests according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement comes 10 months after the ANU announced its socially responsible investment policy ...