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ANZ discloses ESG metrics in 2012 shareholder review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Asia Pacific region, ANZ said. ANZ also reported that almost 1,000 employees completed their online Social and Environmental Risk training in 2012, which incorporates the bank's values and behaviours, their sensitive sector policies and their human rights ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... school shootings in the US underscores the increasing influence of LPs and the growing materiality of ESG issues on investment risk, return and reputation."

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... of potential benchmarks is one indication of the level of specialist knowledge needed for this area. "There are additional risk factors associated with monitoring these portfolios just due to the fact that this investment class doesn't have the same ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... well as management, the balance sheet, the security - all the things you do when you review a loan. Most things are aimed at risk mitigation; it doesn't matter if it's a social enterprise or a bakery around the corner. You do the same things. In reviewing ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... individuals. Walsh comes to UCA Funds from Hunter Hall, where he served in a number of roles, including ethical analyst, risk manager and head of responsible investment research. He joined Hunter Hall in May 2008 as a non-executive director, a position ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... example. The measures are to train staff, make machines less visible, support counselling and audit hotels. In the parlance of risk management, these are all 'administrative measures', the lowest rung of risk management. Higher rungs include engineering ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... instability in the market and this has no doubt been a major factor in its decision-making process." Policy uncertainty is a risk factor that impacts on the availablity and cost of capital for investment in renewable energy projects, and the CCA's recommendations ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... quarterly capitalism really impacts them insofar that there are more agency costs and that there's a higher level of information risk, lower firm valuations because of all the pressure put on company boards and executives to come up with the short term ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... will peak at 2030 (but the damage will be done), the working population will peak at 2040, and GDP will peak at 2050. At the risk of repeating the sins of Alan Ramsay in his later columns, I'll quote again: "You will see that the global population will ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... global climate investment index ranking the world's largest institutional asset owners on how they invest to manage climate risk. Australia's Local Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional asset onwer for its transparency and management ...