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Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... factors." In addition to the health impacts of consumption of tobacco products, King's presentation focuses on other risks - the risk of additional regulation in developing countries, such as a recent move by the Philippines to increase their tax on ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... in the governance of the issuer, then you can't have a lot of faith in how they're handling the E and the S parts of the risk as well." Governance is seen as the most important factor influencing fixed income returns - 93% said they agreed or strongly ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the direct infrastructure division Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) will establish the country's first unlisted clean energy direct infrastructure fund. Meg McDonald, chief operating ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... partner and senior governance consultant, Mercer Mercer surveyed 33 superannuation fund CEOs, fund secretaries and governance, risk and compliance managers, in the wake of new regulations from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) around ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... acknowledged calls for government to take a more active role in the expansion of the impact investment market by providing risk capital to attract initial investments and developing a dedicated social investment bank. Social Ventures Australia (SVA) ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... and Ford have also bought up climate-linked bonds. Investors are interested in the green flavour without taking on project risk. I would also say, and this is certainly not quantifiable, but a large part of the growth in the recent months has partly ...

CDP: World cities report climate change business impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... head of CDP's cities programme. "The city of Cleveland reports that the USD$6.5 billion shipping industry on Lake Erie is at risk from climate change. In Rio de Janeiro, the low-lying West Zone is home to the cities' finance and service industries, and ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... liquidity and transparency in the market, and avoiding the over-the-counter processes that involve additional costs and greater risk, CTX said. "Providing a liquid, secure and transparent market for environmental assets allows legislated and voluntary ...

Regnan hires Kevin Branton as senior analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Regnan, the environmental, social and governance (ESG) engagement and advocacy service, has hired Dr Kevin Branton as a senior analyst. Branton comes to Regnan with 20 years' experience at firms including Maple-Brown Abbott, Merrill Lynch, and ABN AMRO. ...

ACSI lists ASX sustainability reporting leaders, laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Although 85% of ASX200 companies provide some level of reporting on sustainability factors, more than 40% of those companies still rate in the bottom two categories of the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI)'s annual review of sustainability ...