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Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... we do that with the asset that we have and investing in a responsible manner," he said. Northern Trust entered the Australian market with its asset servicing business after winning the mandate as custodian to the Future Fund and has brought its asset ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... assets managed by superannuation funds on behalf of its members will increasingly become a source of finance in the Australian economy in future, and superannuation funds will inevitably make broad impacts on the shape of the Australian economy, according ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... genuine contribution to the transition to a green economy we need to head off catastrophic climate change." Several Australian stakeholders participated in the Green Property Technical Working Group, including Cath Bremmer of ANZ, Niall McCarthy of the ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... a simple, cost-effective solar energy storage solution. Half of the investment - AU$3.8 million - has come from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and the other AU$3.8 million has come from Softbank China Venture Capital (SBCVC). This is ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are still exposed to risks including poor working conditions, lack ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... billion per year to 2020. The CFI would be retained under the DAP because it would provide a mechanism for generating Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) that can be sold to the government for abatement purposes. There are mechanisms in place under ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... infrastructure and rule of law," he said. However, although overseas institutional investors are looking to invest in Australian farmland, only a "small number" of Australian superannuation funds have invested in Australian farmland, and "they have generally ...

ACCSR: Australian CSR integration is too little, too slow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... in integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Australia has been too little and too slow, according to the Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will provide up to AU$50 million in senior debt finance for the development of Western Australian waste-to-gas facilities by New Energy Corporation (New Energy). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO New Energy has two major waste-to-gas ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... work together to "enhance the management and development of an innovative range of impact investment products for the Australian market," Foresters said. "Foresters achievements in the emerging impact investment sector are growing strongly with close ...