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Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
With some institutional investors turning their analysis to impact and social value investments, measuring how those investments provide value has also seen a concomitant rise in visibility. Social return on investment (SROI) is a principle that has ...

GRESB joins forces with GRI to push sustainability reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... sustainability survey. The previous two surveys have been used by more than 30 institutional investors for engagement with investments, including Local Government Super, AustralianSuper and Victorian Funds Management Corporation. "For investors, benchmarking ...

Fund manager: remuneration reports filled with "mumbo jumbo"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... conjunction with the Financial Services Council (FSC) that they will submit in June to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Both ASFA and FSC say they are in favour of increased disclosure of how assets are invested, but said ...

Emerald Wrap launches, joins UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Justin Medcalf, managing director of the Emerald Club. "Clients are becoming more aware of the issues facing their investments and want to know their money is being managed with those risks [ESG] being incorporated, as a minimum. It is now evident that ...

Q&A with James Gifford, executive director of the UNPRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... assessment process and that's been in place since year one. That does allow asset owners to look more carefully at their investments and RI activities. We also have the mandatory transparency elements coming out next year, which means a portion of the ...

UNPRI writes letter to UNGC leaders and laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Fund (AP3), ASN Bank, Aviva Investors, Boston Common Asset Management, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Cyrte Investments, Dexia Asset Management, DNB, Folketrygdfondet (Government Pension Fund Norway), Keva, KLP, Mn Services N.V., New Zealand Superannuation ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... technology in terms of leveraging the financing and establishing these technologies. Then, often with clean energy investments, the risk/return ratio is problematic because you're dealing with new technology.... Also, and I think this is consistent with ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the message," Spoors said. "They get it that better transparency helps them account for risk and helps protect their investments. There are many recent examples - Libya, for example, with the collapse of the [Gaddafi] regime, there are investigations ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... said Nick Silver of the Climate Bonds Initiative. "Green sukuks are ideally suited for the financing of many of these investments." Green sukuks will potentially meet the interest in both Shari'ah complaint securities and ethical investing, said Michael ...

ASIC renews call for better remuneration disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) say that companies can still improve their disclosures of executive and director remuneration. ASIC have reviewed a sample of 50 remuneration reports from ASX300 companies for the financial ...