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Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Net Balance has launched a dedicated research and development initiative, the Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute, and appointed Les Hems as inaugural director of research and development. Tomorrow's Agenda Research Institute will see Net Balance take ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... to repay debt as portfolio criteria. Last year, active fixed income manager Omega Global Investors published their own research that concluded that integrating political risk is a useful metric for improving a bond portfolio's risk profile because of ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... valuations of potential private equity deals or cause potential buyers to walk away from an acquisition, according to research from the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). James Gifford According the PRI survey, 80% of ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. Established in 2006, the fund manager uses "uses targeted research methods to identify sustainable returns in businesses and industries with attractive and measurable operating trends," ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Hall, where he served in a number of roles, including ethical analyst, risk manager and head of responsible investment research. He joined Hunter Hall in May 2008 as a non-executive director, a position he resigned from in October 2010 to take up executive ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "We're focusing at the company and shareholder relationship. However, asset owners should care because research shows that this type of short term quarterly capitalism really impacts them insofar that there are more agency costs ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... soon - in 2030. Pity then that the damage will already have been done. As we've seen from the most recently published research[4], there is a material risk that current IPCC forecasts will be as accurate as the past ones have been. We're pretty much ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... she said. Fugitive emissions present an environmental risk because, as Berrutti and Iyer noted in their presentation, research suggests that fugitive emissions from CSG and shale are higher than currently accounted for. These emissions include methane ...

ClimateWorks Australia developing GHG reductions index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
ClimateWorks Australia is developing a national index of business' activity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The research is geared at enabling government, businesses and the community to see the impact of businesses' activities to reduce emissions ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... http://www.treasury.gov.au/PublicationsAndMedia/Speeches/2012/Importance-of-productivity [2] http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/mgi/research/asia/australia_productivity_imperative [3] Cited by Julie Toth, Chief Economist Australian Industry Group, presentation ...