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Treasury to simplify foreign investment framework

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... reform, including incorporating policy-only notification and prior approval requirements under Australia's Foreign Investment Policy into the legislative framework and updating the legislation to reflect current administrative practices and regulatory ...

ACSI and CareSuper launch ESG award

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015
... superannuation funds who have furthered environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) considerations in investment policy. The winner will receive a $10,000 grant towards an ESG professional development opportunity and the award will be presented ...

CFSGAM completes fundraising for European infrastructure fund

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015
... conviction that active asset management improves long-term investment returns and that adopting a responsible investment policy across businesses enables greater alignment with clients' long-term investment objectives. We believe integrating and monitoring ...

ANU divests seven companies, seeks equities manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... management operations, and is looking for an 'enhanced index manager' who can meet its socially responsible investment policy. The five companies to be excluded are Iluka Resources, Independence Group, Newcrest Mining, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement comes 10 months after the ANU announced its socially responsible investment policy, based on what it called a ""substantial social injury" model. The model aims to "avoid investment opportunities considered ...

Fed alert to market reaction to Fed action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... of prudent planning and did not imply that normalization would necessarily begin sometime soon". On ending re-investment policy: "Many participants agreed that ending reinvestments at or after the time of liftoff would be best, with most of these participants ...

Invesco appoints head of sales from BT

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... consultants, in a variety of senior roles including client consulting, head of debt, and as a member of Frontier's investment policy and strategy committee. Bowditch and O'Connor will both commence at Invesco Australia on 1st July 2014. Invesco Australia ...

LGS appoints former CFS GAM exec to board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2013
... and responsible investment strategy." LGS has put responsible and sustainable investment at the centre of its investment policy, avoiding companies which have a 'material' (i.e. more than 10%) exposure to areas such as tobacco, gambling, armaments and ...

APRA to focus on reinsurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2013
... involve determining premium scales, designing new types of policies, assessment of risks, formulation of corporate investment policy, testing of profitability and allocation of surplus to policyholders and shareholders. Actuaries are involved in many ...

NZ Super takes stand on nuclear weapons

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... modification and upgrade of nuclear explosive devices. "This warrants exclusion under the Fund's Responsible Investment Policy," she said. The Fund said nuclear warhead modification, retrofit and maintenance activities undertaken at nuclear bases have ...