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Australia enters the era of carbon as a commodity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... Hong Kong Exchange in the next year, Armstrong said. In addition to its operations in Australia, COzero also manages a portfolio of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, a vehicle that allows for the implementation of an emission-reduction project ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... broad scope of investigation to reach the standard of upgrade that we were seeking," said Brian Churchill LGS property portfolio manager. "The Australian technology fit the bill and was the most cost effective." The project's goals were to reduce the ...

Investors weigh environmental, social risks of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
The mining of coal seam gas has never been more prominent in Australia, and institutional investors are weighing the environmental, social and political risks of being invested in companies with exposures to coal seam gas operations. While there are ...

Stockland increases green star ratings, reduces water use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
Stockland, the diversified property group, has reported reducing water use across its office portfolio by 11% and its retail portfolio by 10%, commenced installing LED lights at its Stockland Nowra development and reported a 64% decrease in injury frequency ...

Using ESG factors to broaden fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... have an overall rating for a company or country." This points again to the differing drivers of risk in a fixed income portfolio - there is a different relationship between creditors and lenders, and creditors would naturally be most concerned with issues ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... ANZ," the report said. "Of the 598 individuals in the 2010 sample 10 received director fees of $1m or more across their portfolio of board roles."

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... as the chief executive officer and chief investment officer, but voting decisions are made at lower level, with the portfolio managers and analysts." The report noted that communication and engagement is often difficult during the AGM season, because ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the carbon price. Investors will assess the carbon footprint of their portfolios and carbon liability will become a portfolio exposure to manage along with exposure to different asset classes or sectors. Investors' expectations for reporting timelines ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... billion people on the planet are an untapped market for growth and investment. "It could sit as part of a fixed income portfolio as a niche fixed income play," Birgden said. "We see it also as being into the alternative investment bucket, where it might ...

DEXUS profits up, water, energy and GHG intensity down

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... increase of AU$521.6m over last year, while decreasing energy, greenhouse gas and water intensity across its entire portfolio. DEXUS owns, manages and develops office, industrial and retail properties with total properties under management of more than ...