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Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... and how is that reflected in the relationship with eternal managers? A: We have quite a well- documented socially responsible investing policy. We communicate this to all of our managers, and we review them as to how they integrate ESG criteria into ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... only a matter of disaggregating the problem down to the member choice with a high growth option, and an [socially responsible investment] SRI option, that you can choose. Maybe it does become a thing where trustees can consider whether for their particular ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... helping them obtain efficient market exposure to their designated index, whilst supporting their goals for socially responsible investing," said Wayne Bowers, chief investment officer for Northern Trust Asset Management for Europe, Middle East, Africa ...

Teachers Mutual Bank win AB +F ESG award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank was recognised as Best Bank in Socially Responsible Performance (ESG) at the Asia-Pacific Banking and Finance (AB+F) Awards. This is the second time the bank has won the award, having previously been recognised in 2013. Teachers ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... clients come up, they will have more influence over the assets in the foundations, and they will be demanding socially responsible products. For us, that ties neatly into our mission to be the world's most trusted asset manager." See Also: Northern Trust ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... this market," Singh said. "We are going to focus on the classic passive and ESG customised solutions for [socially responsible investment] mandates, and we will also focus on engineered equity as well. The timing is right, the asset servicing business ...

Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... under management, an increase from 1.6% TAUM in 2013. RIAA defines core responsible investment as "ethical, socially responsible, impact investments, community finance and sustainability themed investments." The report also found that the total funds ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... from being responsible to a wider set of stakeholders," Black said. "So how do we encourage companies to be socially responsible, and how do we encourage directors to take a wider view of their responsibilities?... There's more that government can do ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... GRESB's survey data for benchmarking and best practice purposes. "TIAA-CREF is committed to the principles of socially responsible investing, and its demonstrated leadership in sustainable operations has generated measurable improvements in energy efficiency ...

Australian National University Investment Office selects CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... office will use CAER's ESG ratings and reports on companies within the ANU portfolio, Waldron said. ANU has a socially responsible investment policy. Part of the SRI policy states "Making investment decisions, the University will aim to: avoid investment ...