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Shareholder primacy a myth: Governance Institute

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014
... including a clause in the Corporations Act explicitly stating directors' duties. These would include having regard for environmental, community and consumer impact, and the obligation to pay the full amount of corporation tax. The paper calls for submissions ...

RI sector outperforms ASX 300: Lonsec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... the index over one and three year periods to August 2014. Funds that define themselves as 'responsible' or follow 'environmental, social and governance' (ESG) factors vary greatly from one another. Some, for example, operate total screening policies ...

Family offices returned 9% in 2013

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... likely to conduct direct investments, though data suggests this will change in future. The report also revealed that environmental, social, and corporate governance issues were not prevalent in family offices but did have an impact on asset allocation. ...

HESTA CEO calls for carbon pricing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
HESTA chief executive Anne-Marie Corboy has called on governments to introduce carbon pricing in an effort to push more money into low-carbon investments. Speaking at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York yesterday, Corboy said HESTA was willing ...

Cbus, NZ Super join Mercer climate change risk study

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... 'stranded' carbon assets. "Ultimately, it's about enabling institutional investors to adapt over the longer-term." Cbus environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment manager Louise Davidson said: "Cbus sees climate change as a significant issue ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
... retail investors. AXA RosenbergA director of investment strategy Kathryn McDonald, said of the novel move to combine environmental, social and governance screens with a smart beta approach: "Overlaying smart beta with ESG is quite a new and novel concept ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) investment conference in Alice Springs, O'Connor said activism over environmental and social issues was becoming an increasing concern. "As a sovereign wealth fund, we get more than our share of attention from ...

Liberalise economy or prepare for war, warns economist

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
Governments must slash corporate, income and capital gains tax, wind back environmental reforms and break up the big banks if they want to recover from the "global depression", bestselling author and economist James G. Rickards has told superannuation ...

ANU enlists CAER for ESG research

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... has enlisted the services of research group CAER to research and rate the companies in which invests according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. The announcement comes 10 months after the ANU announced its socially responsible investment ...

Companies must understand their investors better, report says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... on both sides of voting and engagement policies, regular meetings, better use of technology, and incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in engagement. On the subject of ESG, the report said: "Companies and institutional investors ...