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Cruelty Free Super celebrates second birthday

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... to maximise long term returns for members with an investment philosophy that puts positive and negative screens on investments. The fund uses independent trustees Grosvenor Pirie Management while Coates's UK-based Ethical Money financial planning firm ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... in energy efficiency and carbon abatement technology, how it has helped develop a robust market for financing those investments, and the fund's future as the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) readies for launch. Meg McDonald, chief operating officer ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... possibilities, but there isn't enough volume in any area." In its first stage, the Climate Bond Standard lists wind energy investments currently eligible with an expansion to solar energy and other renewable energy investments to follow in the coming ...

Cbus CEO David Atkin re-elected to PRI Advisory Council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... council positions, PRI said in a statement. In addition to Atkin, Eric Wetlaufer, senior vice president of public market investments at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), was elected to the open position. Daniel Simard, general co-ordinator ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Fund, a ground-breaking strategy led by 11 east-Asian central banks which opened several member countries to outside investments in sovereign debt, and innovative approaches to liability-driven investment strategies to reduce risk for pension and insurance ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... said Hugh Dougherty, head of manager research for Towers Watson in Australia and a member of the Global Sustainable Investments team. "One response is that it's incremental change, business as usual. The second one is that it's beyond business as usual ...

Clean Energy Council: keep Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... will not be determined until the CEFC is established and begins making decisions about the type, scale and timing of investments."

Omega Global Investors hires investment research analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... enhance our business and investment team on behalf of institutional clients," said Andrew Gruskin, joint director of investments, in a statement. Omega has UD$2.8billion in assets under management and is a majority employee-owned business, with Macquarie ...

Australian property continues to lead GRESB performers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... of environmental performance data, all respondents in the region have assessed the energy performance of standing investments and 95% have implemented an energy efficiency program for standing investments during the last three years - with an admittedly ...

Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... benefit our clients. This is reflective of our core values and effectively aligns our objectives with those we manage investments for now and in the future." Solaris is a style-neutral Australian equities boutique fund manager. The firm, a UNPRI signatory ...