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ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
A regulatory guide released by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended recommendations of how directors should disclose risks and future prospects of a listed company, opening further opportunities for transparency around ...

LGS Taps AMP Capital for social infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... clients," said Julie-Anne Mizzi, AMP Capital social infrastructure investment director. "Our clients are searching for investments that offer stable, long-term and diversified income streams from low-risk projects. Increasingly, they want to invest in ...

UCA Funds Management names fossil fuel exclusion stocks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has identified the listed companies that it will exclude from future equities investments, based on its recently announced fossil fuel policy. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO Earlier this year, UCA Fund Management announced ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
The world's largest impact investors say they expect to commit US$12.7 billion to impact investments in 2014, a 19% increase over 2013, according to a survey conducted by.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). T he J.P. Morgan/GIIN ...

IGCC: climate financing achievable, but needs policy clarity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... need to design in terms of a response, will the money come through companies, through governments, through direct investments from institutions, and how that mix will play out, and what types of policies will support each channel and how that will vary ...

SVA provides $800,000 financing to Indigenous company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... said. As part of the agreement, SVA will also provide additional support and services to Iman Operations. "With our investments, we're investing in social enterprise, whether they call themselves social enterprises or not, that are in the earlier stages ...

University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Sydney Business School concludes there is no legal barrier preventing trusts and foundations from pursuing impact investments, and finds that impact investing has to move past the stage of engaging with early adopters in order to achieve predicted market ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... real and genuine and that they've made an informed decision." In addition to the risk management considerations of investments in assets that are high carbon-emitters or carbon-intensive, there is a moral imperative aspect to investing in those assets ...

BITC index ranks global companies' corporate responsibility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... business processes or sourcing practices that have a longer return investment," BITC said. The "vast majority" of investments are focused on responsible energy supply, rather than new products and services, BITC said. Of the 98 companies that took part ...

Margaret River Winery installs SunPower solar system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... waste water, particularly when usage is at its maximum during vintage, he said. "Wineries are very long-term business investments," Barrett said. "All the investments we are making are about the long term. Some have an impact on the short-term, but decisions ...