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Board diversity gives greater results

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... after Commonwealth Bank did the same. ACSI's research has been published ahead of the upcoming January ASX Corporate Governance Guidelines that will examine companies' board and senior ranks for female representation. Currently women accounted for 11.1 ...

Antin raises $1.5bn

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
... statement. The firm's team diversity, quality of current investments and a Eurozone focus, coupled with independent governance, played major roles in the fund raising success, he said. The fund is a ten-year closed end fund, focused on brownfield, non-listed ...

European pension systems under review

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
... include demographic changes, removing obstacles to mobility, strengthening the internal market for pensions and enhancing governance. In a separate development, Standard & Poor's launched a website that gives pension funds and plan sponsors more info ...

Doing good pays off for Christian Super

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... excluded from the fund, and others in areas such as alcohol are limited, while stocks with good environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials are positively weighted. "We try to invest in good themes - microfinance, renewable energy, sustainable ...

Ausbil Dexia signs ESG deal with CAER

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
Ausbil Dexia has signed up for environmental, social and governance (ESG) research services from Canberra-based CAER. The employee-owned, boutique fund manager's ESG product, the Dexia Sustainable Global Equity Fund (DSEF), was established back in 2004 ...

NZ Super to look for green mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... for mandates from the $16.4 billion NZ Super Fund may soon have to display how they input environmental, social and governance factors in their strategies as the fund pushes ESG considerations higher on its priority list. Anne-Maree O'Connor, head of ...

Advisers champion responsible investing

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2010
... planners, not pension funds, lead the way in ESG issues, according to an expert. Alexis Krajeski, associate director governance & sustainable investment at F&C Investments, said there's more interest in the retail sector towards environmental, social ...

Challenge your consultants on ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... Kiernan is calling for investors to incorporate "SAI" or strategically aware investing - strategies that embed corporate governance, environmental and social issues among others across their portfolios. Kiernan urged the audience to think beyond ESG ...

More governance needed on remuneration

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
Super funds can do more to exert their influence on remuneration policies after new research suggests CEO pay packages barely changed despite the GFC. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) in its CEO Pay in the Top 100 Companies ...

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 ...