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Social investments hinge on the right financing

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2011
It is critical that appropriate financing mechanisms are put in place if super funds are to contribute as much to social projects as the government would like, according to Christian Super. Chief Executive Officer Peter Murphy said it was of upmost ...

FTSE launches ESG investment product

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
Institutional investors and fund managers can use a new Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings data service from global index provider FTSE Group to identify eligible companies for investment. The FTSE4Good ESG ratings product, launched this ...

Mercer invests in consulting business

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
Mercer has brought in six new faces to its investment consulting business in Australia and New Zealand, including an environmental, social and governance specialist. Environmental expert Dr Richard Fuller joins Mercer from HESTA super fund where he ...

ASFA gains new strategy director

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed Gordon Noble as director of government relations and strategy, a position he has begun today. Noble, most recently deputy chief executive for the Committee for Melbourne, will be responsible ...

Media Super signs UN PRI

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
Media Super has become one of the latest super funds to adopt the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Media Super, the industry fund which caters to people in creative industries, said it believes companies that act in a responsible ...

CFSGAM aims for top quartile UN PRI performance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), the largest fund manager in the country, mounts an ambitious strategy to rank as a top quartile fund based on performance when measured against the key principles set in the UN PRI. At a briefing ...

CFSGAM studies infrastructure ESG risk

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2010
Colonial First State Global Asset Management's (CFSGAM) direct infrastructure team has gone back to school to integrate responsible investment principles (PRI) into their process. The fund manager hired Environmental Resources Management (ERM) to develop ...

Solaris hires ex-Suncorp ESG manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Solaris Investment Management has appointed former Suncorp portfolio specialist, Lisa Domagala, to focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Domagala has previously worked at McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett, now Merrill Lynch, and also ...

Global investors push for corruption info

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2010
A coalition of international fund managers, pension funds and super funds representing more than $1.7 trillion have written to 21 major companies urging them to improve their disclosure of bribery and corruption risks. The investors asked companies ...

Acadian counts corp governance risk

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2010
Boston-based Acadian Asset Management has added another quantitative measure to its investment process to gauge corporate governance risk within listed companies. The 'management behaviour' measurement allows the team to evaluate the quality of a company's ...