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Cbus CEO competes for UN PRI seat

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2009
... Industry Funds Management (IFM) sustainability officer; Louise Davidson, as the fund's full time environmental, social and governance (ESG) officer. Cbus is the superannuation fund for the building, construction and allied industries. It has over 550,000 ...

CFS GAM releases second PRI report

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). The report covers the firm's implementation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into the firm's investment processes. It found the firm is making good progress on integrating the principles ...

Trustees hot on ESG course

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... superannuation trustees completed the inaugural Australian Institute Superannuation Trustees (AIST) environmental, social and governance (ESG) course for super fund trustees. Yesterday, minister for superannuation and corporate law, Senator Nick Sherry ...

One in six DB funds in trouble: APRA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... funds has increased," said APRA General Manager, Ramani Venkatramani when speaking to the AIST Superannuation Fund Governance Conference earlier this month. Venkatramani said the regulator is working closely with the trustees of the individual funds ...

US pension deficit shrinks

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... expense within a much more predictable and acceptable range." Hartshorn said plan sponsors must implement an effective governance structure to ensure the pension can execute changes quickly. He said some pension plan sponsors are increasingly outsourcing ...

Refine board succession: AIST

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... even in these difficult times trustee directors are confident their boards have the fundamentals in place for good governance," said Fiona Reynolds, chief executive at AIST. However, while everything is running smoothly at the moment, the research found ...

Australian equities need more PR

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
... the confidence of managers overseas. Local stocks have also been commended for their transparency and good corporate governance. Given these sentiments, the majority of the respondents said they are maintaining their investment allocation in Australia. ...

James Hardie a case study on governance

ASIC RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2009
... non-executive directors and three former executives of James Hardie is a "landmark decision" in Australian corporate governance, said ASIC. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said yesterday's decision in its civil penalty proceedings ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
... putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two tools to help ensure compliance with the fund's ethical commitments - first, the exercise of active ...

BRIC to BIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2009
Investors have gone cold on Russia, following concerns over its fragile economy and negative perceptions around governance and accountability. A survey of private equity firms conducted by the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA) has ...