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ASIC asks FSI for more flexible toolkit

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014
... more flexible regulatory toolkit and increase its scope to address market problems. Giving a speech at the Corporate Governance Forum, ASIC commissioner John Price said the financial services landscape had changed significantly since the 1997 Wallis ...

Noble departs ASFA, joins Inflection Point Capital

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2014
... "an enhanced approach to ESG", adding 'innovation' and 'agility' to the traditional 'environmental', 'social' and 'governance' classes. IPCM was founded in 1992 with the mission of having "a substantial positive, systemic impact on improving global environmental ...

AMP carbon screening leads to just two divestments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... its investible universe, only one of which was Australian. Ian Woods, AMP Capital head of environmental, social and governance research, said that the new criteria resulted in the divestment from just two of those 56 companies, both of which are Chinese. ...

AMP Capital introduces fossil fuel screening

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... of oil from oil sands or conversion of coal to liquid fuels/feedstock. AMP Capital Head of Environmental, Social and Governance Research Ian Woods said: "The Charter of Operation requires the RIL funds to avoid investing in companies with a material ...

ASIC warns of complacency over confidential information

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... analysts. These include taking responsibility for handling confidential information and avoiding third parties. The Governance Institute of Australia has reiterated ASIC's position, issuing a statement saying there was "no excuse for sloppy handling ...

Northern Trust wins LUCRF $220m ESG mandate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
... the fund's international business Northern Trust Global Investments Limited, incorporates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into an index strategy. The mandate excludes tobacco companies and cluster munitions manufacturers and uses an ...

Future Fund appoints head of ESG risk management

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The Future Fund has appointed a new head of environmental, social and governance risk management. Joel Posters will relocate from The Netherlands to take up the role and is expected to start in August 2014. Until recently Posters was global head of ...

Governance eclipses social and environmental concerns

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Governance almost totally eclipses environmental and social factors when it comes to stakeholder concern, a report by AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has shown. The report showed that stakeholders with voting rights are overwhelmingly concerned with ...

Moving on up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... because we now believe the ongoing reforms to address shortcomings in structural, administrative, institutional, and governance areas will endure beyond the current administration." "We believe the resulting gains in government revenue generation, spending ...

Industry funds must learn from banks: Equip

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... that the battle over the awards regime currently being fought in the Federal Court is not a battle over ideology or governance structures. "The whole thing is about distribution." He added that the argument that industry funds are the less expensive ...