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Chart: CDP assessment of APRA-regulated entities' climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... scoring methodology. In addition, companies are asked how the ratcheting of the Paris Agreement has influenced their business strategy. This is currently a non-scored part of the question, but one in which is of great interest to investors. With the ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Pragmatism to achieve sustainable value through ESG. The report is co-authored by Professor Bob Eccles of the Harvard Business School. Of the 582 institutional investors who are implementing, or plan to implement ESG in their investment process, 194 ...

CEFC allocates $80 million to Bodangora wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated $80 million towards the development and delivery of the 113MW Bodangora wind farm in regional New South Wales. The Bodangora project is being developed by Infigen Energy. Bodangora will include ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... revised its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Responsible Investment Philosophy, which applies across its business. AMP Capital has decided to exclude companies that manufacture tobacco, cluster munitions, land mines and biological and chemical ...

IGCC calls for action, investment to adapt at-risk infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... adaptation as critical to building resilience in our cities and infrastructure," said Niall McCarthy, director and head of business development at Eureka-Real Assets. "Adaptation is still relatively unchartered in Australia with markets seeking a greater ...

Hunter Hall to merge with Pengana Capital to create $3bn fund manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Hunter Hall has announced that it has entered into an agreement to merge with Pengana Capital to create a funds management business with more than $3 billion of retail funds under management. Russel Pillemer, Pengana Capital CEO The merger is billed ...

Morphic Asset Management launches ethical global equities LIC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... managers are Taylor Collison and Morgan Financial, while Macquarie Equities is co-manager. Westpac's fund incubation business Ascalon Capital Managers owns one third of Morphic Asset Management, and Ascalon will invest $5 million in the IPO. LIC pioneer ...

Number of culturally diverse women ASX leaders "extremely low": DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... groups of people, you'll have the same narrow shortlist. But also, reflecting the community in which you operate is good business. It connects you to those customers, shows you're reflective of them and you're aware of their needs. You can't think your ...

IIRC to hold comment period to review first three years of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... stock of the experience of the first three years of utilisation. "Integrated Reporting has caught the imagination of business leaders globally - it has prompted them to change their approach not only to reporting, but also to thinking and planning for ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation holds Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has held its first Clean Energy Innovators Demo Day, to put innovators and investors together in an initiative to accelerate investment in the clean energy sector. Jillian Broadbent, chair, Clean Energy Finance ...