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CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... energy efficiency and low emissions technologies. It was funded with AU$10bn and announced as part of the Clean Energy Future package to encourage private investment, help overcome capital market barriers to commercialising clean energy technologies ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... being AU$60,000 a year. Independent directors are usually paid and Mercer said it believes it will become the norm in the future to pay all trustee directors. "Some trustee boards don't pay directors at all," McAlister said. "It's a historical legacy ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... me is that [the FIS] saw that this is an opportunity to think more broadly within the context of the financial system's future and to think about what are the tools at our disposal to create the outcomes we're looking for," said Sandy Blackburn-Wright ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... an index, in terms of size of issuance and the currency - just over half of the full universe meets index requirements." Future growth in the climate-themed bond space is expected to come both from investors pushing for exposure to bond issuance linked ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... said. "Further demonstration of these technologies is expected to reduce costs over time and improve opportunities for future deployment without subsidies," Frischknecht said. "[ENE] has identified a long-term pathway to commercialisation by demonstrating ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... (STCs), both of which will be tradable on the platform, CTX said. CTX plans to launch into the US REC market "in the near future" that will encompass multiple state-based markets. CTX operates spot exchanges in multiple global environmental commodity ...

Global Reporting Initiative hires chief of staff

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... backgrounds I have seen within the GRI team. I personally believe the sustainability agenda is crucial to our collective future. I'm looking forward to playing a role in taking GRI's work to the next level, making sustainability reporting regular practice ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Northern Trust entered the Australian market with its asset servicing business after winning the mandate as custodian to the Future Fund and has brought its asset management products to Australia on the back of that. At the moment, it does not offer ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds on behalf of its members will increasingly become a source of finance in the Australian economy in future, and superannuation funds will inevitably make broad impacts on the shape of the Australian economy, according to Gordon Noble ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... prime minister's white paper on agriculture and the Financial System Inquiry may offer some options to form the basis of future reform. "[L]ong term investors such as pension funds and superannuation funds are potentially great partners to invest in ...