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Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the alternative investment bucket, where it might be sitting along other emerging sub-asset classes such as community investing or green bonds. It's niche, but an interesting investment strategy that can pick up on this very wide set of opportunities ...

ESG analysis now part of mainstream investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... will continue to become more mainstream to investment processes. Further integration of ESG factors across all areas of investing is "inevitable," said Irlicht. "The reason I think it's inevitable is because the thing about finance is that there's the ...

Renewable energy poses opportunities, risks for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... seriously we take ESG issues and the risks around carbon. We have a significant number of industry superannuation funds investing through us, and they have that exposure to Pacific Hydro as well as to two other low carbon assets, Ecogen Energy in Victoria ...

Investors integrating ESG into decisions have "an edge"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... their analysis, rather than having to re-invent the wheel." See Also: Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing The impact of universal owners on sustainable investing Integrating ESG an evolution for institutional investors

James Thier retires from Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical's superannuation product, he said. Reflecting on how the funds management industry and sustainable investing has evolved over the years since Australian Ethical's founding, Thier noted that the idea of sustainability investing has ...

Paper guides investors to ESG investment integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... emerging industries such as renewable energies. One of the key points the MSCI paper highlights as an argument in favour of investing with ESG factors in mind is the fact that universal owners are exposed to "portfolio externalities" -"spillover production ...

Carbon price will capture mines' fugitive emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... states. "A number of mining firms including Xstrata, Rio Tinto, Centennial, Anglo American, and BHP Billiton are already investing significant funds in the development of these new abatement technologies. The scale of the existing investment is already ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... than the energy savings, there is a direct return when you sell the building. On the other hand, the downside is that investing in a building that's inefficient there is the downside risk of lower growth." While higher standards for new buildings ensure ...

Imbalances, sustainability and their impact on investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
Although sustainability/ESG considerations and sovereign defaults are not, at first pass, connected to each other, when Tim Hodgson, senior investment consultant and head of Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Group talks about both, the word "imbalances" ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... their portfolio against the downside of carbon intensive companies in their portfolio," she said. "Many super funds are investing in these kinds of issues in mind already. The impact won't be great, one would think. For some funds, the market signal ...