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Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The overall superannuation industry has not done enough to make investment decisions that take environmental, social and governance impacts into consideration, and it is not only possible but imperative to do so, two fund professionals said at the annual ...

CFSGAM to create global responsible investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... by CEO Mark Lazberger, CFSGAM said in its 2012 responsible investment annual report. CFSGAM, known as First State Investments outside of Australia/New Zealand, published its responsible investment accomplishments of 2012 and made new commitments to strengthen ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... companies spent an estimated AU$6 billion on developing more coal reserves, the report found. "Australian and overseas investments in Australian coal rest on a speculative bubble of climate denial, indifference or dreaming," said John Connor, CEO of ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... fund demanding disclosure and transparency on details about climate risk and the extent of their fossil fuel based investments. "The aims are very simple - we know that transparency drives analysis, and analysis is likely to result in superannuation ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation gets investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... board chair. ""We are now fully staffed and operational, ready to commence making investment decisions and to contract investments to be funded from July 1, 2013." The government has directed the CEFC board to adopt a portfolio benchmark return for fund ...

GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... management has joined GRESB. AEGON operates in more than 20 countries and has over â,¬458 million revenue generating investments, including a wide range of real estate investments in a variety of sectors. AEGON Asset Management and TKP Investments ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... investment market will be the generation of commonly recognised metrics to measure not only the economic impact of investments but also the social impact. The IMPACT report notes that there are global networks that provide models for monitoring impact ...

IIRC publishes Integrated Reporting consultation draft

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... human and intellectual capital, are not accounted for in conventional corporate reports; short-changing corporate investments and initiatives whose pay-offs are longer term," said Alison George, Regnan engagement manager. "An integrated report offers ...

Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... and low levels of community cooperation, and there is high potential to regulatory response, which are all risks to investments. This social unrest can manifest itself in changes to regulation, another risk. "The other thing that is a real unknown is ...

Australian Ethical puts tobacco resolution to TOMRA AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... institutional investors via the UNPRI clearinghouse. Australian Ethical has received support from Rathbone Greenbank Investments and Triodos Investment Management as well as other institutional shareholders, Vernon said. "It was interesting to note that ...