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Investors launch GRESB Infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... water and waste management systems, smart grids and low-carbon transportation systems," GRESB said. "Given the long-term horizon and the societal impact of infrastructure investment, sustainability and broader environmental, social and governance considerations ...

HESTA commits $30m to impact investment with SVA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... and we will have an ability to take a long term investment in relation to the profile of the super fund." The investment horizon for the fund is open-ended, Fowler said. "We don't want to force SVA to try to invest the whole amount within a short time ...

Super boards can add value with ESG focus: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... "I harken back to commentary I read more than five years ago, saying that if superannuation has a 20, 30, 40 year time horizon, things like climate change and what we're going to look like becomes a first order issue for a superannuation trustee. It's ...

Investors consider corporate pay links to climate change goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... linked to reserve replacements, investors first need to think about what a prudent reserve target is, and how long the time horizon attached to that reserve target is, George said. "Where we're thinking about it is what would be a prudent reserve target ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Legal and investment experts have been advising superannuation fund trustees that they have an obligation to include evaluation of climate change risk in their overall governance and investment processes. But there may be new urgency to the calls, influenced ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... years)." The renewable sub-sector could see "average annual returns increase by between 6% and 54% over a 35 year time horizon (or between 4% and 97% over a 10-year period) depending on the climate scenario," Mercer also said. These winners and losers ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... allocation represents an 11% annual increase in funding for the NILS and StepUP programs, Mooney said. "Having a five-year horizon, a five year commitment, gives us the capability to pause, reflect, refresh out longer-term aims and negotiate with the ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... This is where you're looking at individual transactions, deals and securities in isolation and with a short term time horizon. If a super fund wants to do that, that is also totally their right, however long term investment decision are about making ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... that shareholders themselves are not a monolithic group, and have differing agendas and values based on their investment horizon and values. "There is a growing difference between retail shareholders and institutional shareholders who have a longer term ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
As institutional investors and boards of listed companies increase their frequency and depth of communication around environmental, social and corporate governance governance issues, there has been an evolution on the part of some companies in the understanding ...