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Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... return that Australia can use as a basis for its own measurements, including the Centre for Impact Investing at MaRS in Canada, GIIN, the Centre of Excellence established by the UK Cabinet Office, the White House Office for Social Innovation and Civic ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... direct investment. Australia is the largest recipient of Chinese outbound direct investment, ahead of the United States and Canada. In 2012, Chinese investment flows were US$11.4 billion in 2012, with 48% going to mining, 42% in gas, 3% to agriculture ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... SIF-Japan, and presents results from market studies by regional sustainable investment forums from Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, Japan, and Africa. The report measures sustainable investments across asset classes, from listed equities ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. But the report also noted that the Asian region has investment opportunities with developments in low carbon technology. ...

Resource constraints could render pension funds insolvent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with the US, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Canada. "There are particular implications in Australia," Poulter said. "It is a resource intensive economy, our superannuation ...

John Colvin elected chair of international directors network

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Institutes (GNDI). GNDI is an international partnership of nine corporate director organisations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Malaysia, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Colvin was unanimously elected, with ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... we're after." Using the metric has led Omega to be underweight the US, Japan and Italy, and overweight Finland, Sweden, Canada, Germany, Denmark and the UK. Omega has begun presenting this research to clients, McCrum said. "It's definitely something ...

Cbus CEO David Atkin re-elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... positions, PRI said in a statement. In addition to Atkin, Eric Wetlaufer, senior vice president of public market investments at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), was elected to the open position. Daniel Simard, general co-ordinator of Batirente ...

FTSE adds three Australian companies to FTSE4Good indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... supply chain labour standards." Other companies included in the indexes as a result of the review include Bell Aliant of Canada, Astellas Pharmaceutical of Japan, Tate & Lyle in the UK, DIRECTV Group from the US, and Tiffany & Co of the USA. The seven ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... status as a niche market. The report found that 67% of the market originates in Europe, with 17% from the US and Russia, Canada and China with 3% each. The UK alone had 23% of the global total. "The report does two things it identifies what a universe ...