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Government to establish $1 bn National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... standardise the metrics and start to look at investment opportunities at that level. Yes, there should be metrics on the risk/return profile, but also the underlying social impact that can be achieved. Then you also get a consistent set of metrics that ...

APRA hires lead for new team that will consider cyber-security risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... team. APRA has hired Jane O'Doherty to lead a newly combined team comprising APRA's Governance, Operational and Insurance risk specialists. APRA said that "this unit leads APRA's important work on culture and remuneration practices in the financial system ...

Asset owners identify economic inequality as rising investment risk at ACSI conference

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... the point of view of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), economic inequality is a key, and growing, financial risk internationally, said Angela Emslie, the independent chair of HESTA and a director of PRI. "Economic inequality,, after climate ...

Fashion retailers increase reporting of human rights in supply chain: Baptist World Aid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... base. The proportion still languishes at around one out of every five facilities." This represents a significant source of risk for Australian companies, Nimbalker noted. Australia is considering introducing its own version of the UK's Modern Slavery ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... capabilities that align with the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD): governance and strategy, portfolio risk management, and targets and metrics. Institutions are rated from AAA-A-rated leaders to D-rated institutions. The report ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using a diverse set of approaches to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their portfolios, and a report commissioned by the Investor Responsibility Research Centre Institute (IRRCi) has developed ...

Australian Ethical Investment exceeds $2 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical has also appointed Mark Shanahan as chief financial officer and chief operating officer, Karen Hughes as chief risk officer, Kathy Kung as head of finance, and Mark Simons as head of product finance "The past year has been one of considerable ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Commission (ASIC) last month at a Senate Economics References Committee public hearing for an inquiry into carbon risk disclosure. The report was issued late on Friday of this week. In ASIC's oral statement by joint senior executive Kate O'Rourke ...

Sustainable Development Goals present "enormous opportunity" for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... the SDG agenda," she said. "Businesses are exploring how they can be understood in a more strategic way both in terms of risk and opportunity. Business as usual won't achieve the agenda."

Morphic Ethical Equities Fund has exceeded minimum target for IPO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... over the long-term by generating returns in excess of the benchmark over a full investment cycle, at below market levels of risk, according to the fund manager. Morphic's key players have a long history of ethical investment, with co-founder and Managing ...