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NZ Super fund kicks out companies

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2012
... extended period. The stocks have now been sold. "In deciding whether a company is breaching the fund's responsible investment standards and how material that breach is, we take account of the proximity and importance of the company's actions ...

Insto's ignoring climate change

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Climate Change is an issue that has never been raised at board level in some of Australia's largest financial institutions, said a prominent economist. Just like during the global financial crisis, when sub-prime risk left many reeling, the investment ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
Industry leader in responsible investment, Local Government Super (LGS) took home the Best Green Super Fund for 2013 at this year's Money Magazine 'Best of the Best' awards. Around half ($3.3 billion) of the Fund's total assets are in responsible investment ...

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
... they can ask for it, which creates circular logic," said Harding-Davis," who also sits on the board of responsible investment group The Emerald Club. While only 3% or 4% of clients typically ask for a 100% ESG portfolio, Harding-Davis estimates that ...

AIST CEO resigns for UN post

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... of Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Reynolds is leaving to become managing director of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI is a global investor initiative in partnership with the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative and ...

Asset consultants still in demand

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... have defiantly been changing the mix of staff." This has included increasing capabilities in areas such as responsible investment, dynamic asset allocation, a broad range of alternative asset classes and risk assessment, Eagleton said. Increasing internal ...

NZ Superannuation Fund excludes four firms from portfolio

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... has excluded four companies from its $19 billion investment portfolio, following severe breaches of its responsible investment standards. The firms that were excluded from the fund's portfolio include Freeport-McMoRan, KBR, Tokyo Electric Power Company ...

ACT prohibits guns & smokes

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2012
... difficult to implement and that the government would prefer to follow the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment which are based on active governance and shareholder engagement principles rather than negative screening, he said. The minority ...

Future Fund defends tax havens

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2012
... Parliament by the Greens which would see it forced out of several contentious investments. The Greens' 'responsible investment' push would force the Future Fund to pull out of profitable holdings in several Tobacco manufacturers, and those companies ...

Super funds urged to include macro-level ESG principles

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
... structure of the markets. "The [UN] PRI believe that this will assist in their endeavor of ensuring that responsible investment will become mainstream." ESG investing has been highlighted recently, with the Australian Greens party putting a bill before ...