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Companies, investors prepared for carbon price launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Ahead of this weekend's launch of the carbon pricing mechanism, investors and corporate advisors say that they are confident that liable companies are aware of their exposures and have plans to manage costs for the first stage of the carbon pricing ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics, a reporting tool to help fund managers and institutional investors assess the ESG characteristics and risk profile of an equity portfolio. MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics reports include portfolio and index ...

Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... investment teams working as a team. Our investment team is now centralised in Sydney." Australian Ethical's adopted a new portfolio administrative service to meet unit pricing standards for platform wrap providers, Vernon said. Management has also "worked ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... difficulty securing investment in the initial years." There are also the compliance costs to running a project. COzero has a portfolio of CDM projects. According to their website, one example of a CDM project that COzero is partnered with is a biogas ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... credit quality and yield levels similar to AAA bonds, meriting "consideration as an allocation within a fixed interest portfolio," but a lack of issuance depth is a challenge for institutional investors, according to investment consultants Mercer. A ...

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... corporate governance analysis into its investment process since its 2005 inception. Ross Youngman, CEO and Kim Tracey, portfolio manager, speak with The Sustainability Report about their approach, their positioning in the market and why ESG analysis ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... director, investments, Omega Global Investors Q: What is Omega's approach to investment? How integral are ESG signals to portfolio construction? M Mc: Our approach is a risk controlled approach, incorporating managed volatility and fundamental analysis. ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across the agri-waste, hydro and wind sectors. The Hyderabad-based SGEL has both geographical and ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... climate change, resource scarcity, and the impact of aging populations. In addition to managing its entire government bond portfolio with an ESG framework, the mandate also includes allocations to green bonds - those bonds dedicated to climate-related ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... believe investor protections and equity should be set aside." ACSI raised two further concerns - firstly, that indexed portfolio may be excluded from discounted share placements. "This is of particular concern in situations where indexed or quantitative ...