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Australian Ethical names new portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
Fund manager Australian Ethical has appointed Mason Willoughby-Thomas portfolio manager of the AU$277 million Australian Ethical Larger Companies Trust. Willoughby-Thomas has worked at the ethical fund manager for more than two years. He will replace ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The growth of social impact investment and the development of new models for social enterprises are leading to a "new social contract" between citizens, the state and the private sector, according to Filippo Addarii, director of international strategy ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
There is broad support for an expanded reporting framework proposed by the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), but stakeholders are calling for more clarification on alignment. Earlier this year, CDSB released a draft version of an expanded reporting ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the direct infrastructure division Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will establish the country's first unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure fund. Meg McDonald, chief operating ...

GRI names Michael Meehan new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has hired Michael Meehan as its new chief executive. Meehan is a sustainability CEO and entrepreneur and has led companies in several countries, including Carbonetworks from 2004-2010 and iVeridis Corporation from ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Financial System Inquiry interim report released this week addressed a myriad of topics that fall under inquiry's mission statement of laying out a blueprint for the next decade. Amid the four hundred-plus pages of the report is a three-page section ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Cities recognise that climate change is a threat to businesses located within their municipalities, with impacts on property, capital, infrastructure and social impacts to communities, according to research from CDP. CDP has published Protecting Our ...

Barclays, MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Barclays and MSCI have agreed to launch a Green Bond Index, a new addition to their environmental, social and governance (ESG) fixed income benchmark index series. The Green Bond Index will reflect those bonds funding projects with direct environmental ...

Community 21 launches share offer to raise up to AU$4m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Community 21, the financial services organisation that jointly owns Community Sector Banking with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, is seeking to raise up to AU$4 million in a share offering open to non-profits. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies paid a premium of more than AU$170 million for underwriting of rights issues between 2010 and 2012, according to research conducted by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI conducted benchmark modelling of what underwriting ...