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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 ...

PRI commitment spurs high-level action by Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... moving this all forward is that our CIO is sitting on the responsible investment committee. We want to protect our investments for clients, and protect our diversity of thought." Rooney noted that for the 10 years to the end of March 2012, 98% of Neuberger ...

ASIC affirms October deadline for carbon trading AFS licence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon units under the federal pricing regime have until the end of October to apply to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for an Australian financial services (AFS) licence. Under the government's Clean Energy legislative package ...

ACSI to target exec bonus disclosure, voting rights at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosure across the S&P/ASX200 in the current reporting season, given guidance by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's 2011 guidance on the issue, and the two strikes rule. ACSI said that their experience had demonstrated that the ...

Retail supply chain policies pose sustainability challenges

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... its contract with Asian sourcing agent Li & Fung, in favour of increasing direct sourcing. Wesfarmers and Premier Investments have also increased their direct sourcing. "Cutting out the agent means no agent fees but requires a robust ethical sourcing ...