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UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Institute and has more than 40 years' financial services experience. He retired as regional head, Asia, of First State Investments in 2010 and has held a number of non-executive directorships, currently holding directorships with Lionport Asia Fund and ...

SVA calls for $200-250m funding for social investment bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... investment bank with AU$200-250 million of debt or grant funding to meet capital required by market for social impact investments, according to Social Ventures Australia (SVA). Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia ...

Fifteen Australian signatories leave PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Group, Five Oceans Asset management, Local Super, mecu, Orion Asset Management, RepuTex Group, SIRIS, TAAM Asia Pacific Investments, and The Emerald Club. Blue Sky Water Partners, Local Super, and TAAM Asia Pacific Investments were delisted "due to merger ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... said. and that's the reason why institutions like the CEFC exist, to try and make sure that between now and when the investments are needed that the private sector is ready to invest."

Ethinvest model portfolios continue to outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... given a red rating - companies that Ethinvest deems as being damaging to people or the environment - are excluded from investments. Investments are then made in companies rated yellow for doing no harm and green for positively benefiting people or the ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... investment committees with a presentation outlining health, financial and reputational risks that she believes tobacco investments represent. King was motivated to begin the Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative in 2010 after discovering that the superannuation ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Public demand for responsible investments is beginning to rise for the first time in a decade, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RIAA has released its 2014 Benchmark Report, the 13 th annual ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... world's largest fixed income managers, with 88% saying that ESG factors influence the financial outcomes of fixed income investments. This figure surprised report authors. "The surprise finding was the number of managers who responded to the survey and ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... mechanism, but seems set to continue existence even as the carbon pricing system has been removed. The CEFC has contracted investments of more than AU$900 million in projects over AU$3 billion in total value in the 2013/2014 financial year, its first ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... hundred-plus pages of the report is a three-page section that outlines barriers to increased investment in impact investments and solicits additional feedback. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, IMPACT Investing Australia Industry experts say that they are considering ...