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ESG RA awards Citi, Credit Suisse research

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... awarded Best ESG Broking Firm of 2012 for the fourth year in a row, while Credit Suisse received the Best Piece of ESG Research award at the ESG Research Australia awards, held yesterday in Sydney. Citi showed once again its commitment to ESG issues ...

ESG RA to award best stockbroking research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2013
Australian equities stockbrokers who have excelled in the field of ESG research will be acknowledged in an awards ceremony to be held in Sydney later this month. The fourth annual ESG Research Australia Awards Luncheon is being held on 27 March (Wednesday) ...

Corporate governance boosted by two-strike rule

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2013
... re-elected if a significant proportion of shareholders disagree with the amount directors are paid. AMP Capital head of ESG research Dr Ian Woods said the increased scrutiny of remuneration reports has led to improved discussions on other governance ...

ESG sheds light on Sov debt crisis: AXA IM

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012
... structures? Maybe the north is doing better than the south, or the east better than the west?" These are all questions that ESG research can shed some light on, he said. "From a country risk perspective, we found evidence that social and governance issues ...

AMP appoints ESG research associate

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012
... and energy sectors. Andrews started at the company on Monday 23 April 2012, and reports to AMP Capital's head of ESG research Dr Ian Woods.

CAER and GBST launch new ESG tool

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... intent expressed in mandate agreements and fund reporting." Duncan Paterson, CAER, chief executive officer said while ESG research providers have been working directly with clients on these issues for sometime, the GBST/CAER offering is novel in its ...

ESG RA Awards celebrate industry achievers

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
Macquarie Securities and Citi took out the top awards at the third annual ESG Research Australia Awards, presented in Melbourne. Celebrating the field of ESG-inclusive research conducted by stock-brokers in Australian equities, 24 research papers were ...

IFM launches ESG responsible portfolio options

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... responsibly," said Azhar Abidi, director of sustainability and responsible investment at IFM. IFM has said it is using MSCI ESG Research's quantitative dataset to support the integration of ESG into the investment process.

Local Government Super adopts ESG risk tools

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012
... new Carbon Emissions and ESG reporting capability will allow the super fund to lead the industry in this area. MSCI ESG Research said it will also assess each LGS portfolio in comparison to relevant benchmarks, rating each portfolio's carbon intensity ...

Tributes flow for governance visionary

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011
... tireless in advocating that Australian institutional investors not only had a right but a responsibility to integrate ESG research into their investment decision making process. "And most of all Erik was a very good man who will be sadly missed by so ...