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Quality of Spain and Poland belies credit rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... AXA Investment Management. The investment house has developed a new framework for analysing countries according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, which it says will manage reputational risk associated with some sovereign debt assets ...

Water scarcity a factor for resource fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2013
... Mining Industry: Water Scarcity to Raise Capex and Operating Costs, Heighten Operational Risks" and suggests that environmental factors such as water scarcity could negatively affect the ratings of global mining companies. Moody's research also encourages ...

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... market's largest 200. Shares in Whitehaven Coal also rose after its Maules Creek mine in NSW received conditional environmental approval. Whitehaven was up 19 cents, or 6.4 per cent, at $3.15. National turnover was 208.8 million securities worth $315.5 ...

DomaCom to partner with Perpetual on new platform

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... platform, DomaCom said. "Perpetual's well-known approach and commitment to responsible investment including social, environmental and governance factors is very rigorous and will be instrumental in ensuring the DomaCom Fund have a solid compliance and ...

New chair at Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2013
... Morony. "But today we are well placed to capitalise on the growing awareness amongst the general public that social, environmental and ethical considerations have an important role to play in investment decision making." He added: "We are a much more ...

VicSuper adds new investment options

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... will be managed by fund managers selected by VicSuper for their expertise in Australian shares and for integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment process. VicSuper members, including pension members, will also have ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... clients, we have a responsibility to engage with boards on a broad range of issues such as management of talent, environmental risks and sustainable practices," he said. The corporate governance report also provides an update on gender diversity on boards. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013
... points, to 10,879.08 - its highest level since April 30, 2010 - and Shanghai added 0.60 per cent to 2,325.68, as environmental firms rose on hopes they will benefit from recent bad pollution. But Seoul was off 1.16 per cent, or 23.30 points, to 1,983.74 ...

LGS wins Best Green Super Fund Award

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2012
... timeframes that can be in the order of 40 years or more. "The reality is that a failure to effectively address social, environmental and related risks in business and investing is increasingly likely to result in a serious downside for all concerned ...

Advisers leaving out ESG

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2012
Financial advisers should share some of the blame for the slow uptake of retail-level Environmental, Social and Governance investments by their clients, said industry insiders. It isn't necessarily true that responsible investments mean less return ...