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Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... allocated AU$3 million to develop a pilot social benefit bond program in its budget this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Queensland Treasury will be allocated AU$2 million over two years to implement the social benefit bond pilot ...

CEFC reports investing $500 million in last year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Treasurer Joe Hockey, and Finance Minister Matthias Cormann. Under the new draft mandate, CEFC would be barred from investing in new wind farms and roof-top solar ventures. The ministers have said the fund should focus on large-scale solar instead. "Receipt ...

NZ Super Fund selects Northern Trust for passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 and Asia ...

Emma Herd appointed IGCC CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... position and commercial response to the introduction of carbon markets and developing commercial opportunities in CleanTech investing. "2015 is a milestone year for investors and climate change, with a rapid acceleration in investor engagement and positive ...

Australian Ethical launches Emerging Companies Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... advisers and investors. mFund is ASX's managed funds settlement service, aimed at reducing time and costs associated with investing in managed funds for investors, brokers and fund managers. "Our strong and consistent long-term performance hasn't come ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia and around the world are still in early stages of uptake in both environmental, social and governance (ESG)-factor investing and in quantitative-based tailored approaches to risk and return, according to Northern Trust. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... all our non-renewable power and achieve that world, but thinking about the transition period." Part of that process is investing in companies that invest in renewable energy, but it's also about engaging with companies to improve their reporting around ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... a legal test case "if some funds continue to fall below the standards required of them." Last week, Mercer launched Investing in a Time of Climate Change, a follow up on its 2011 study, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... factor it into their risk modelling as they would other factors, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Mercer has launched Investing in a Time of Climate Change, a follow up on its 2011 study, Climate ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... Capital. Knowles outlined a series of questions posed at investment committees of endowments at non-profits in a paper, Investing for Non-profits: Essential Questions for Board and Committee Members, which is intended to provoke leaders to address issues ...