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Take governance seriously or lose investor support

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2007
... thousands of companies in Australia and overseas bidding for their support and unless companies start taking their governance concerns seriously these investors will vote with their wallets. "Some companies seem to have an absence of an ethical framework," ...

HESTA appoints five

... in Melbourne as the new investments analyst (PRI) to manage HESTA's PRI undertakings and environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives. His appointment comes on the tail of the fund being shortlisted in this year's Sustainability Awards organised ...

Investors want to unpack asset-backed transactions

WWW.THESHEET.COM  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... ASF used last week's conference to conduct a survey of members to find out more about how reporting, disclosure and governance could be improved. Spencer said the ASF was looking for consensus before issuing new guidelines and it was also looking at ...

VicSuper wins Sustainability Super Fund award

... acknowledge how the financial services industry was responding to the challenge of incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into the investment climate. According to the award judges, VicSuper showed it was the leading superannuation ...

Bombay Stock Exchange leads governance reforms

ALEX DUNNIN IN MUMBAI REPORTING FROM THE INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA INDIA FINANCIAL FORUM  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2007
... four years and current sentiment is for it to keep going, but a big question for Australian investors is whether its governance mechanisms can absorb the explosive growth and maintain market integrity. Raising the question is the Sensex's 50-plus per ...

Corp super applies ESG screen

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2007
... Nation Principles for Responsible Investment. The decision means the fund will use environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues in their investment analysis from now on. Angela Manning, chair of the fund, said adopting the UN PRI would ...

Responsible investing gains momentum

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2007
... due to their size, work constructively with stakeholders to protect the value of the index itself by promoting good governance, market integrity, and supporting sustainability principles. "This beta-securing approach is very important because it's beta ...

KNM appoints wealth head

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... Securities Commission. Joe Burke, general manager at KNM and head of KNM for Life, said Carne's experience in corporate governance, compliance and business development would be important as KNM undergoes growth in the coming years. "Carne will work with ...

ASIC releases guide for unlisted debentures

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2007
... in the tens of million of dollars. The paper suggests four main guiding principals and eight benchmarks to improve governance and risk management within the sector. The principals include the establishment of the eight benchmarks, the inclusion of these ...

SG Hiscock and Stockland win PIR awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2007
... the awards are based on a blend of detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis that assess risk adjusted returns, governance, disclosure and processes behind the manager. The manager achieving the top overall score is declared the winner.