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BetaShares launches global cybersecurity exchange traded fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Australian ETF manager BetaShares has launched the BetaShares Global Cybersecurity ETF, tracking the performance of global companies in the cybersecurity segment. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares BetaShares notes that cybersecurity spending ...

Pollinate Energy attracts investment from Pangaea Impact Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Pangaea Impact Investment has made an impact investment in Pollinate Energy, a social enterprise that provides affordable solar lighting to people in India's urban slums. Manita Ray, national manager - Australia, Pollinate Energy While terms of the ...

AIGCC launches, releases survey on climate risk, responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
The Asian-Pacific financial industry has made a "significant shift" towards embedding climate risk and responsible investment into core business, but more work is needed in the region, according to a new report from the new Asia Investor Group on Climate ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services becomes PRI Signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... including AU$ 429.8 billion in assets under custody in Australia, according to the most recent industry statistics from the Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA). "We are proud to have become a signatory to the PRI," said Patrick Colle, general ...

AMP Capital examines impact of disruptions on financial sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... trends will manages and how regulation and laws need to change; one initiative that all insurers are involved in is [the Australian Driverless Vehicle Initiative] ADVI and that's specifically looking at timelines for adoption that in examined in the ...

ACSI report finds ASX100 CEO base pay decreases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... almost a decade, but "strikingly persistent" bonuses are still being awarded to CEOs, according to research from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO Average fixed pay for ASX100 CEOs has fallen 3.3% over ...

Artesian Venture Partners launches $20m Clean Energy Seed Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... Energy Innovation Fund, which draws on finance and skills from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). "The Clean Energy Seed Fund will target scalable, high growth potential startups, fueling innovation ...

Australian Ethical Investments profit increases 53 percent

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investments has announced a net profit after tax of AU$3.0 million for the 2015-2016 year, an increase of 53% over last year. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian Ethical attributes the profit increase ...

Not for Podcast: Discrediting Online Gambling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... gamblers in the world, losing more money per adult on gambling than any other developed country. The average loss for each Australian who gambled was $1,500, according to a government inquiry in 2010. It also found the costs to problem gamblers ranged ...

Climate Bond Initiative releases climate performance data for buildings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... sourced from buildings emissions performance data from the Commercial Building Disclosure Program, an initiative of the Australian government. "The release of these emissions performance trajectories means property bond issuers have a straightforward ...