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CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... investment of more than AU$930 million dollars in projects with total value of over AU$3.2 billion in its first full year of investing. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The CEFC has released its 2013/2014 annual report. During ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... physical health benefits and mitigation of climate change impacts. "We're looking at what are the positive benefits in investing, implications and benefits for buildings and how to plan for the future of the cities, right through to the other elements ...

oekom research: ESG ratings improve bond performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... research has published a study, The importance of sustainability criteria in assessing the opportunities and risks of investing in corporate bonds, The importance of sustainability criteria in assessing the opportunities and risks of investing in corporate ...

Impact Investing Australia hires Daniel Madhavan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Impact Investing Australia has hired Daniel Madhavan to the newly created role of chief executive officer. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia Madhavan comes to Impact Investing Australia from JBWere, where he worked for 12 years in a range ...

Local Government Super enhances carbon-related screens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... (LGS) will exclude companies with a material exposure to high carbon-sensitive activities and has opened the door to investing in nuclear energy. LGS CEO Peter Lambert LGS recently completed the review of its negative screening methodology, which result ...

Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... REM, or a shareholder candidate for directorship. I think it's a very healthy sign of a move towards a more relational investing." To help spread this concept beyond just the largest ASX-listed companies with the resources to staff larger investor relations ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... field, with strong government policies to support renewable energy, it would help to de-risk the portfolios when we're investing. Part of the [Caring for Climate] effort was to say to the world, you worry about money for these projects and say there's ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... institutional investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer The 2011 study, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... doesn't result in degradation in the risk/return profile, so we thought, why not?" See Also: AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds ESG integration into quantitative investment management