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Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... included Hermes Equity Ownership Services, Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), VicSuper, HESTA, and Vanguard Investments Australia. Most of the six previous shareholders will convert to long-term clients of Regnan's ESG engagement and advocacy ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Funds Management. The group has separate proposals relating to each sector. This week, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that Money3 has stopped offering its two-payments 'fixed fee' loan arrangement and agreed to ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... "Running superannuation funds today is very different to 20 years ago given their increased size and complexity around investments, retirement products, financial advice, digital disruption and member expectations," said Pauline Vamos, ASFA CEO. "Trustee ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... longer Weighted Average Lease Expiry (WALE) when compared with buildings with low NABERS ratings." CEFC has made other investments in other property-related sectors, including a joint AU$200 million initiative with Commonwealth Bank for businesses and ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Earth launched a project at challenging pension fund trustees and managers around their fiduciary duties to protect investments from the risks of climate change. The Climate and Pensions Legal Initiative (CPLI) will see the two organisations work to ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... member needs." This consideration of a climate-specific investment option is part of a larger climate management and investments project begun by the fund in December 2014. In the first phase, the fund analysed member concerns and presented the board ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... AU$120 million program to provide finance for businesses seeking to reduce energy and operating costs through "green" investments. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The CEFC-NAB program will be available across a broad commercial ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... is made, and then ultimately, how that is constructed in the portfolio - tilting, allocations to sustainably themed investments, engaging with companies and policy makers, and so forth." The report notes that under the varying scenarios, there will be ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... as well as new investors," White said. "The new investors tended to be ESG mandates. From a volume perspective, the investments were smaller in size, but from a number size, they were substantial. Twenty percent of orders were from ESG or sustainable ...

NFPs must align investments with mission: Koda Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
Non-profits should reconsider the role of cash investments in their endowment portfolios and align their investment strategy with the mission of the non-profit, according to Koda Capital. David Knowles, partner, head of philanthropy and social capital ...