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SEFA makes second loan, funds affordable housing purchase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made its second loan, to fund the purchase of housing units in a retirement home park in Tasmania. The loan is towards the construction and installation of four, two-bedroom prefabricated units for the ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Proprietary model ASX50 and ASX100 portfolios developed by investment advisory firm Ethinvest has outperformed mainstream accumulation indices by wide margins, Ethinvest said. Trevor Thomas, Ethinvest managing director The Ethinvest ASX50 Screened Index ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... when it comes to ASX200 companies' ESG disclosures - more companies than ever reporting to a detailed or comprehensive standard, but almost half of the ASX200 are still rated as no reporting or basic reporting. Ann Byrne In its sixth year of research ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will this year create a global responsible investment committee (GRIC) and an ESG risks committee to assess ESG risk exposures across asset classes. GRIC will be chaired by CEO Mark Lazberger, CFSGAM ...

CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is already evaluating potential projects and will potentially make funding commitments ahead of its official launch in July, said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. CEFC CEO Oliver Yates "When I took the role, I set ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... the funds to ask them to invest in in low carbon assets but also about their transparency. That's the dual ask in our standard approach." The Vital Few is in pilot phase, Poulter said, but is already gathering information on funds that are - and are ...

RI Academy to offer Enhanced Financial Analysis course

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... calling our advanced units in the RI Academy - the nuts and bolts and practical steps to integrating ESG into your stock-standard investment practices," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. "It's at a really detailed level, such as what it means when we use ...

Publish What You Pay reexamining extractive companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia and CAER are surveying ASX200 listed extractives companies on their reporting standards regarding payments made to governments in the countries where they operate, and are seeking views of investors and analysts ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... By appointing Ruben as GRESB's local, dedicated representative, we are taking another step towards becoming the global standard for portfolio level sustainability benchmarking in the real estate sector." Meanwhile, GRESB has announced that Aegon Group ...

European Commission proposes standards for ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... write a fully-fledged or detailed sustainability report, although companies that do so are considered to meet the new standard. The new directive, which amends existing accounting legislation in the Fourth Company Law Directive, allows flexibility in ...