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Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... allow stakeholders sufficient time to comply with their new obligations before the licensing requirements commence," Treasury said in a statement accompanying the announcement of the draft legislation. See Also: Carbon Farming Initiative offers landholders ...

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... SSgA's High Quality Green Bond Strategy seeks to approximate the duration of its benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Index, through investments principally in green bonds issued by MDBs and other debt instruments. SSgA notes that the bonds ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... independent body that will provide independent advice on the carbon pricing mechanism. Former Reserve Bank Governor and former Treasury Secretary Bernie Fraser has been named the CCA's first chairman. "We're looking at the development of the mandate ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... of the govermnent's proposed package shows it could reduce 133m tonnes of carbon emissions by 2020, more than double Treasury's modelling of domestic abatement through the carbon price alone, said ClimateWorks Australia Executive Director, Anna Skarbek. ...

Institutional investors back carbon tax scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... from the scheme, as is petrol for households, while domestic commercial transport industries are subject to the tax. Treasury estimates industries that are 90% of employment account for less than 10% of carbon emissions. To compensate for the impact ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
... funds management services to Victorian public bodies. VFMC reports to the treasurer of Victoria via the Department of Treasury and Finance. Ros McKay joined VFMC as governance manager in 2009 from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors. She ...

Swan: carbon price vital for first-rate, first-world economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
... mechanisms are a far more cost-effective way than other approaches like regulation and subsidies." Swan also said that Treasury is "conducting modelling on the expected transformation of the economy." Using a theoretical price of $20/tonne, modelling ...

"Two Strikes" policy for directors over executive remuneration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011  |  NEWS
... introduce onerous compliance burdens without enhancing accountability mechanisms," said CSA CEO Tim Sheehy in a letter to Treasury in January. "CSA Members are concerned that constructive suggestions made to the Productivity Commission on the practical ...