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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 ...

ARENA announces $100 million support for Moree Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed AU$101.7 million of support to the Moree Solar Farm, a large scale solar plant that will shortly begin construction. Renewable energy company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) is set to begin ...

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... steady inflows through the year and that's continued to build," Thomas said. "We don't see any let-up in demand on the horizon. The money tends to come largely from super and some self-managed superannuation funds." Thomas notes that the model portfolios ...

Northern Trust ESG index range crosses US$1 billion mark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... meet internal as well as external regulatory policies, or the belief that ESG companies will outperform over a long time horizon, or a requirement to manage reputational risks." The fund range includes the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom ESG Equity ...