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ARENA announces $100 million support for Moree Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed AU$101.7 million of support to the Moree Solar Farm, a large scale solar plant that will shortly begin construction. Renewable energy company Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) is set to begin ...

UCA Funds Management adds Transfield Services to exclusions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... its exclusion list because of human rights concerns stemming from Transfields' contract to provide services at the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection offshore processing centres on Nauru and Manus Island. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds ...

AGL installs first solar panels at Nyngan solar plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... modules. The installation of the first solar panels was attended by local, state and federal officials, including the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), one of the entities to provide funding for the project. The $440 million 155 MW project ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Since 2011, 16 superannuation funds have divested from AU$1.2 billion in tobacco stocks, and one Melbourne oncologist has made it her cause to persuade the superannuation industry to divest from the rest of what she estimates is a total of AU$8.5 billion ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... underlined - as it has in years past - that responsible investments outperform wider benchmarks. Core responsible investment Australian equities funds have outperformed the ASX 300 index and the large cap Australian equities fund average over 1, 3, 5 ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... think that ESG does matter," said Steven Carew, JANA's head of investment research and outcomes. "Consistent with our Australian and global equity surveys conducted over recent years, governance is seen as the most important factor. It is interesting ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... chief operating officer, CEFC The CEFC will provide up to AU$80 million as the initial cornerstone investor to the CFS Australian Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund, a wholesale infrastructure investment fund that will invest in renewable energy, energy ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund CEOs, fund secretaries and governance, risk and compliance managers, in the wake of new regulations from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) around governance standards, including risk management. In the survey ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
With the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism passing through the Australian Senate this week, companies that were liable for paying for their carbon emissions will now begin the process of unwinding their arrangements and calculating how direct and ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to developing and pointed to two reports published by the University of Sydney - Impact Investment: Perspectives for Australian Superannuation Funds and Impact Investments: Perspectives for Australian Charitable Trusts and Foundations as more expansive ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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