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Cbus chief executive wins FEAL award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... 134,000 contributing employers. He has been the Australian asset owner representative on the Principles of Responsible Investment Council since 2009; is a member of the CEO Panel for the Investor Group on Climate Change; and is an AICD Investors Working ...

ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
... potentially lead to long running and costly legal actions. In May, the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment made similar calls on Australian superannuation funds and fund managers to sign a statement in support of a Modern Slavery ...

NAB collaborates on responsible investment bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2017
National Australia Bank placed Australia's first sustainability bond for the Australian Catholic University, valued at $200 million. The bond, which funds both green bond and social bond projects aligned to the International Capital Markets Association's ...

Responsible AUM strengthens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
... awareness and qualified advice around responsible products remain the industry's biggest detractors. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia's annual report found responsible investments comprise $622 billion of AUM as at December 2016, up ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... courses from the CFA Institute, the Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA), the Principles for Responsible Investment Academy (PRIA), and US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment. The MMI plans to engage Concordia University's ...

Australian Ethical awarded industry fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2017
Australian Ethical will manage an industry superannuation fund's responsible investment option, totaling $128 million. The ethical investment and superannuation provider was appointed by Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund to manage ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
A growing acceptance of responsible investment by millennials, women, affluent investors and institutional investors is moving the approach from being considered niche and product-specific to one which has broader appeal among global institutional and ...

Vamos returns as governance firm chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... and corporate governance best practices." "I look forward to leading Regnan as we continue to advance the responsible investment agenda and be a sensible voice in representing the long-term investor," Vamos said. As above, Vamos was most recently ASFA's ...

ESG mispriced by markets: CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
The value of responsible investment is being mispriced by markets due to short-termism and other barriers, according to Colonial First State Global Asset Management research. CFSGAM undertook a survey of all staff worldwide to determine their perspectives ...

Decumulation will drive investment focus shift: AXA IM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... risks, and this is a trend which is not going away. We firmly believe we will see the gradual progression of responsible investment from a specialist area to a 'must have'." The survey also found that 51% of investors are using factor investing in their ...