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Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), the Generation Foundation and the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative. It draws on more than 20 interviews with stakeholders across the Australian capital market, including superannuation ...

Cbus signs new Paris ESG commitment

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
... Obligations and Duties. The Principles of Responsible Investment, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and The Generation Foundation launched the new statement in Paris last week, based on their joint finding that "failing to consider ...

Global institutions join sustainable investment group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
... consortium of global financial institutions and investors has announced a new partnership under the Catalytic Finance Initiative (CFI) to direct $8bn towards "high-impact sustainable investments." The group of seven has pledged capital and expertise ...

Fostering ethical standards crucial to industry reputation: CFA

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... created a lot of wealth for a lot of people." Investor First Week is part of CFA Institute's global Future of Finance initiative, a long-term effort to shape a trustworthy, forward-thinking financial industry that better serves society. The initiative ...

CFA Societies launches initiative to raise ethical standards

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... professionals. Investor First Week in Australia and New Zealand is part of CFA Institute's global Future of Finance initiative, a long-term effort to create a stronger ethical culture in the financial services industry. Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Auckland ...

Trophy infrastructure assets too expensive

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013
Large, marquee infrastructure assets seem over-priced in the face of the huge sums high profile institutions have paid in recent years, according to Towers Watson senior investment consultant Duncan Hale. Large global investors have raced to buy infrastructure ...

New CFO for AMP Capital

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013
Fund manager AMP Capital has found a new chief financial officer to replace Jim Dawson, who is leaving at the end of next monthAMP Capital today said that Margaret Payn would take over from Dawson from the end of February. As part of AMP Capital's senior ...

AIST CEO resigns for UN post

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Investment (PRI). PRI is a global investor initiative in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative and the United Nations Global Compact. Reynolds will take up her appointment with PRI in February and AIST will begin ...

Social infrastructure not suited to pension funds: study

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012
... report entitled "Pension Fund Investment in Social Infrastructure: Insights from the 2012 reform of the private finance initiative in the United Kingdom," the EDHEC-Risk Institute identifies two core issues that they argue make social infrastructure ...

Instos want more rewards for low-carbon assets

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... monetary value of $ 6.6 trillion, equivalent to 11 per cent of global GDP, according to a study by PRI and UNEP Finance Initiative.