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Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory service Regnan has reorganised its ownership structure, consolidating its owners from eight to two, as part of a strategic move to become more nimble in service provision. BT Investment Management ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... charged if the consumer asked for a variation of the repayment schedule. ASIC saw examples where the second repayment was as high as 170% of the customer's Centrelink benefit for that pay period." Money3 will end outstanding loans and will refund approximately ...

Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... also assess the current and desired diversity that it seeks. Improved diversity of thinking has been shown to correlate with high performance. "Ultimately Governance Institute would like to see a majority of independent directors on the boards of superannuation ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... increase ambitions to reduce carbon-intensive energy demand," said Paul Simpson, chief executive officer at CDP. "Access to high quality information is essential for the management of these risks." The FRC is the UK's independent regulator for corporate ...

Citywide make two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... solutions for its customers, the community and the environment. "Having worked in the industry for many years I have a very high regard for Citywide, its people and its capabilities", Lamell said. "I'm particularly looking forward to working with such ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors both in Australia and around the world are still in early stages of uptake in both environmental, social and governance (ESG)-factor investing and in quantitative-based tailored approaches to risk and return, according to Northern ...

Decarbonising economy requires sophisticated investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... divestment from coal, etc., - that's where we need to be focusing on the other parts of the investment portfolio." Divesting from high carbon emitting fossil fuel companies just one facet of the larger challenge of decarbonising the global economy. Australian ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... benchmark and your portfolio on ES and G." BNP Paribas is also developing analytics to forecast risk around companies with high exposures to carbon, and how this exposure can impact on portfolios from the perspective of tracking error and market shifts ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... unlisted sustainable property trust to be managed by EG Group. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The High Income Sustainable Office Trust (HISOT) will invest in older office buildings, upgrade their energy performance and revitalise ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... has been designed so the benefits of the $120 million in new CEFC funding will flow through to the businesses who invest in high efficiency and clean energy equipment." The CEFC-NAB program will also focus on financing purchases of equipment such as ...