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Don Henry named fellow at University of Melbourne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... Conservation Foundation, has been appointed a public policy fellow at the University of Melbourne. Henry will undertake research into climate change policy and the role of public activism, specifically the last decade of environment policy making and ...

NAB, GS Microfinance: more needed on financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... particularly employed Australians, aren't accessing mainstream credit products. Good Shepherd Microfinance has also released research into the social and economic impacts of its NILS program. The NILS program offers no interest loans of up to $1,200 ...

IGCC launches Perfect Storm Pension Fund video project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... lots of sources for trustees to tap into - IGCC are an excellent resource for trustee boards to immediately tap into the research and latest industry thinking down to the sorts of products that they might consider as part of their portfolio structure ...

J.P. Morgan, GIIN report uptick in impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... environmental and financial objectives and finding themselves satisfied with the results," said Yasemin Saltuk, director of research for J.P. Morgan Social Finance and co-author of the report. " As collaboration between investors, governments and other ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Green Bond eligibility criteria. These criteria were reviewed by [ Centre for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo ] CICERO. It's very clear and the World Bank have committed to providing project information through their website. ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... positively disposed charitable trusts and foundations to identify investable products unless they commit specific resources to research or explore new opportunities," the report also said. Bringing charitable trusts and foundations into the impact investment ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... something we've been focusing on in the current financial year," she said. "For example, in Tasmania, we are developing a research effort that may make input in to the forest practice code, to make sure they're driven by science and empirical evidence. ...

ASX reports on progress towards gender diversity targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... appropriate to each individual organisation and putting in place the processes to achieve and measure those objectives. The research suggests that many entities are still in the process of establishing measurable objectives and that they may be finding ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... add "significant excess return" to ESG portfolios, according to Northern Trust. Michael Hunstad, head of quantitative research global equity management, Northern Trust Northern Trust's quantitative research team has published a paper in which they integrate ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... The global survey of 163 institutional investors was conducted by Institutional Investor magazine, on behalf of EY. The research results should prompt companies to think about how they are disclosing non-financial information, said Matthew Bell, EY Australia ...