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AMP Capital busts ESG myths

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... before they happen, while also allowing investors to make better informed decisions with better outcomes, according to AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital In an insight paper, ESG - busting the myths, Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, senior research ...

CDSB expands natural capital in new reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) has expanded its reporting framework to include more information on natural capital calculations - forest risk commodities and water. A draft version of the CDSB framework has been released for consultation. ...

Stewardship: the costs of developing social enterprises

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... "As a trustee of a charity, we get requests reasonably frequently from NFPs who are looking for a donation to put seed capital into an enterprise," said Trevor Thomas, managing director, Ethinvest. "The philanthropic sector is bearing some of the cost.... ...

UCA Funds Management on asset allocation for NFP portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... times of economic recession. "Charities live off income from their investments," Walsh said. "They're reluctant to realise capital gains. Even when markets are strong, they're reluctant to take money off the table. But now, as income is falling, they're ...

Social Ventures Australia hires Jenna Palumbo for WA role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... Ventures Australia (SVA) has hired Jenna Palumbo as director for Western Australia. Palumbo comes to SVA from Big Society Capital in London, where she was investment director. She has experience in finance and management and has worked with "a number ...

AMP Capital, Goodman join GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital and Goodman have joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). AMP Capital, which is one of the largest real estate fund managers in Asia-Pacific, has assets under management of US$20 billion and "believes that consideration ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... crowd sourced equity funding (CSEF) as it applies to three classes of participants - issuers that are seeking to raise capital through CSEF, intermediaries such as the Internet website operators that fall within Australia's regulators and investors. ...

NSW leasehold approved for Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... most popular methodologies are forest protection and forest regeneration, and the reason for that is that there are less capital costs to those projects," Harris said. "If you have to buy the seedlings and prepare the land and then plant, its' expensive ...

Good Super launches, aims for ethical impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... Corporations clearly don't have time because of quarterly shareholder pressure. Do they have money? No, because they're returning capital to shareholders, and do they have intent? Questionable. Who has time, money and can leverage intent? Superannuation ...

CDP: investment in carbon reduction yields positive return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies that allocate capital to carbon emissions reductions generate positive return on investment (ROI) of 33.6%, creating US$15.1 billion in value, according to CDP's third annual Carbon Action report. CDP's Carbon Action initiative is backed by ...