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Mercer: use responsible investment to reduce return leakage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Institutional investors must take action in the investment chain, at the level of their invested companies and at the systemic market level to manage the amount of leakage in the system that reduces assets in a low-return environment, according to Mercer. ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... has a three year strategy, and in the first year, it will focus on basic education and feature a series of workshops in capital cities in October. Maxwell said that the workshops will address topics including how to approach an impact investment program ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... million of funding to five organisations to carry out a pilot. The organisations raised a further AU$3 million for the loan capital from philanthropic and private investment. Community Sector Banking has decided to focus its program on Indigenous groups ...

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... higher CSV scores have positive associations with characteristics like significant lower indebtedness, higher level of capital expenditure, lower levels of free cash flow, and higher rate of return on assets. "The econometric analysis included an initial ...

GRI and IIRC sign agreement for closer cooperation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... articulate value, a company must demonstrate that it has an integrated and sustainable strategy encompassing all of its capital - including its people, the natural resources it uses, and the integrity of its supply chain." Both GRI and IIRC have a shared ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... beyond remuneration into areas including board independence, succession planning and related party transactions, which AMP Capital attributes to the impact of the two-strikes voting rule. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance manager "It is ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... million of funding to five organisations to carry out a pilot. The organisations raised a further AU$3 million for the loan capital from philanthropic and private investment. "Ensuring Australians have appropriate options for affordable access to credit ...

Australian Ethical appoints Kate Greenhill to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... assisted clients with advice and assurance around financial statement audit opinions, accounting and regulatory developments, capital raisings, accounting for complex transactions, due diligence, valuations, compliance, risk management, organisational ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a strategy that applies environmental, social and governance metrics to assess countries' creditworthiness and risks and opportunities in sovereign debt portfolios. Matt Christensen The approach is outlined ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... include 3M Company, Blackrock, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), Calvert Investments, Ellomay Capital, Fjarde AP-fonden, Ford Motor Company, Parnassus Investments, Praxis Intermediate Income Fund, SSGA High Quality Green Bond ...