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ING Aus opens Wollongong hub, to hire 600 staff

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2010
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally this morning opened the new ING superannuation and investments operations centre in Wollongong south of Sydney, the upgraded hub that is set to grow its staff numbers from 350 to 600 in three years. The four-and-a-half ...

Top ESG infra stocks post better returns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2010
Listed infrastructure companies with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings beat companies in the same sector by more than 20 per cent over three years, according to a new report. Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFS GAM) ...

Solaris hires ex-Suncorp ESG manager

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Solaris Investment Management has appointed former Suncorp portfolio specialist, Lisa Domagala, to focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Domagala has previously worked at McIntosh Hamson Hoare Govett, now Merrill Lynch, and also ...

Mercer hires former FTSE RI director

PRESS RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010
... management and development of FTSE's responsible investment services including the FTSE4Good, FTSE KLD and FTSE Environmental Markets indices. He is a board member of the Responsible Investment Academy of Australia (RIAA) and is a member of UKSIF's Sustainable ...

CFS GAM hires AMP Capital ESG researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... the newly created role of manager of ESG Research and Engagement. Edgerton worked at AMP Capital Investors as an environmental, social and governance (ESG) analyst for Australia's largest sustainable fund, which covered more than 200 ASX listed stocks. ...

AMP Cap add resources as fund placed 'on hold'

PRESS RELEASES  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... had expanded from six to seven roles. However, Standard & Poor's Fund Services is still concerned about the firm's environmental, social and governance (ESG) capability after Nick Edgerton, former ESG researcher, left the firm. S&P placed the AMP Capital ...

AMP Cap invests in clean tech private equity

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... US-based clean tech private equity firm. "[This] means investors will have access to companies that benefit from strong environmental growth drivers linked to energy price volatility, the quest for energy independence, corporate and consumer preferences ...

ING focuses on executive governance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
Following public outrage against big financial institutions acting irresponsibly, Europe-based ING Group's top 200 managers have signed a company memorandum that binds them to act with integrity at all times. Signatories to the principle's vow to act ...

ETS collapse threatens ESG

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... political support for climate change action has led to a policy vacuum on emissions trading - prompting concerns among environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategists that the market is losing momentum. The new Liberal Party policy ...

Hall charts new value investing model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... landscape where fund managers must recognise a number of emerging trends such as demographic changes, sovereign debt and environmental costs and how this will impact companies and stock prices. As a result, Hall also said investors need to lower their ...