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Impact Investing Australia, Philanthropy Australia launch new grant program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sydney), funded by $1.4 million raised form retail and community investors. "The grant allowed us to access professional advice that was really needed as we went trough the share offer process," said Andy Cavanagh-Downs, director at SRPC. "The process ...

APRA calls for stress-testing of climate change risks in regulated entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Sarah Barker, special counsel at Minter Ellison, hailed the remarks by Summerhayes. "APRA's stated position reflects the advice we have been providing to our APRA-regulated clients in recent years that the material financial risks and opportunities associated ...

Investment professionals identify key ESG themes for 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... seeing is that so many of the big organisations are visibly positioning themselves to have the skills and products and advice to offer in the responsible investment space.... That will continue to self-perpetuate. We're keen to play a role in that. We ...

Escala Partners choose Ownership Matters to provide proxy advisory research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2017  |  NEWS
... and proxy advisory services because they believe it is a separate discipline from environmental and social research and advice, Roux said. "There is a strong case to be made that environmental and sustainability, while not uncorrelated with governance ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Good Money site in Morwell, Victoria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2016  |  NEWS
... difficulty." The financial counsellor will be employed by Good Shepherd Microfinance and will provide services around debt advice, budget advice, consumer advice and a number of other issues, Mooney said. There are currently three Good Money locations ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... the asset class level, but we're seeing the balanced fund have really strong demand, and even anecdotally, we are getting advice from mainstream advisers where are people asking about ethical investing." There is still a lack of supply, particularly ...

Pauline Vamos to step down as ASFA CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... Pauline has been a key advocate for broadening the superannuation discussion to include insurance, investment governance and advice and has been a strong proponent of industry self-regulation. The development of good public policy is one thing, but the ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... practices; or having unacceptable occupational health and safety practices." The fund has a sustainability committee to give advice, which is made up of two independent members and two Altius employees, Goodhand said. The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund's ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... I think these factors are going to be a point of differentiation in the market over the next few years, in super and in advice." There has been a strong uptick in interest in the responsible investment space from private wealth and financial advisers ...

VicSuper publishes annual report using GRI, IR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... environment, social land governance factors into investment, member engagement, product innovation, ethics and financial advice, financial education and advice, digital innovation, financial management and performance, governance and risk management ...