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Drive to push corporate communication of ESG materiality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... issues and to hold an ESG investor briefing. The framework takes the three financial value drivers - growth, return on capital and risk management - and connects ESG topics with financial drivers and terminology. The report also notes that in communicating ...

PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... factors into investment decision and what actions actors - including asset owners and investment managers - can take to make capital markets more sustainable. The PRI's new work stream is the result of the PRI's new strategy, which was adopted in March ...

Net Balance launches research and development institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... the feasibility of implementing social impact bonds in New South Wales and what actions would be necessary to create a capital market for social investment in Australia. Whilst at CSI, Les Hems oversaw a portfolio of academic and applied research, social ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... consultation with their investment adviser, Towers Watson, and with BlackRock Investment Management and index provider Barclays Capital. "We are concerned about sovereign debt," said Ronan Walsh, portfolio manager, fixed income at VicSuper. "Our core ...

ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... to a lower growth environment due to the weaker global economy, saying that it was focusing on "more actively managing capital across our portfolio of businesses so we continue to build out our super regional strategy in the most capital-efficient way," ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... and now counts over 150 GPs and more than 130 LPs as signatories. The recent decision by private equity group Cerberus Capital Management to sell its investment in gun manufacturer Freedom Group following the tragic Sandy Hook school shootings in the ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Equity fund manager Greencape Capital has appointed Jonathan Koh to the role of investor, responsible for stock analysis and selection. Jonathan Koh Greencape is a AU$3.97bn fund manager led by Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... use various benchmarks for their impact investments - the report said benchmarks include Cambridge Associates venture capital vintage year benchmarks, Cambridge Private Equity Index, LIBOR, MSCI Emerging Markets Indices, Consumer Price Index and Barclays ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... distinguish between monitoring and reviewing - monitoring is the ongoing process of do the debtors pay their interest and their capital repayments, so that's really on an operational level," said Dick Boddeus, a lending advisor with Social Enterprise ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
If you eat or drink in Australia, you're likely to have been a Woolworths customer once or twice this year. If not, you may have bought something in a big box from BigW or Masters, as Woolworths pushes to match its doppelganger Wesfarmers in every sector. ...