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Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... sub-fund. The fund's benchmark is the MSCI All-Country World Index, with Inflection Point Capital Mangement's carbon finance research underpinning the selection process. The ZC fund is managed by LFIP, which also manages close to â,¬1 billion in assets ...

Corporate Human Rights Benchmark issues draft indicators

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... managers Aviva Investors and Calvert Investments, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, an international NGO, research provider EIRIS, the Institute for Human Rights and Business, a think tank, and the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable ...

Climate-aligned bond universe reaches $597.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... total universe of climate-aligned bonds stands at US$597.7 billion, a 20% increase in the past year, according to new research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The Climate Bonds Initiative has launched its ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Advance Asset Management and NTGPASS. "Regnan's establishment, which catalysed a market for professional ESG engagement and research in Australia, was a visionary initiative," said Ken Boundy, Regnan chairman. "We thank all our shareholders and clients ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... closer to the standards of the consumer credit code." Earlier this year, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating to ASX-listed payday lending and ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... The reason this is important is that it means the farm owners are not taking the basis risk." The hedge took a year to research and put in place, Summons said. "We had been looking to devise a structure that would provide increased revenue certainty ...

SVA Commonwealth Bank partner on education toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Ventures Australia The Australian Teaching and Learning Toolkit Initiative is online and operating, and offers world-class research to inform Australian educational practice. SVA operates the toolkit, while Commonwealth Bank's funding will support the ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... passive and pure active, where the index class/quant/engineered beta players are fitting, and that's still, I think, in the research/understanding mode versus execution/implementation. There's still not a wholesale shift out, and we're still at the edges ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
VicSuper is conducting research with its members to see if there is potential demand for an investment option that addresses climate change by either divesting from fossil fuels and carbon intensive companies, or favouring companies that are actively ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Good Shepherd Microfinance has previously said. Last year, Good Shepherd Microfinance and NAB also published results of research conducted by Newspoll, which found that 18.7% of Australian adults "rarely or never have any money left at the end of a pay ...