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Investor questions about risks, oversight of coal seam gas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... to be mindful of, because it changes the rules of the game. For example, the State of NSW putting in a two kilometre exclusion zone around populated areas saw CSG developments that were likely to go ahead suddenly go to being unlikely to go ahead. That ...

NAB publishes 2013 plan for Indigenous employment, inclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... reconciliation action plan (RAP) outlining their approaches to employing Indigenous Australians, addressing financial exclusion, building partnerships with indigenous organisations and traditional owners with an eye to creating commercial opportunities ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... society," said Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking executive director. "Unfortunately there is no quick fix to financial exclusion, but further development of the CDFI sector in Australia has the greatest potential for a lasting solution. Because ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... Sinnreich. The research used three strategies - underweighting negatively rated equities, which they call ESG worst-in-class exclusion, or ESG exclusion, in which the portfolio excluded companies with the lowest current ratings. The second strategy was ...

US$178.5bn in sustainable investments in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
There are US$178.5bn of sustainable investments in Australia, representing about 18% of total assets under management, with integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors being the single largest strategy employed by sustainable investors ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... wealth generation, investment and money management strategies to build long-term financial sustainability. Financial exclusion for Aboriginal women isn't just a matter of lack of access to products, but also a lack of community networks where aspects ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... shareholders to improve their business practices," according to a statement from Hermes. "These companies are included on an exclusion list, which is reviewed regularly and can be augmented to specific client requirements." The new ESG strategy combines ...

Operational changes needed to strengthen AGM voting: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
Participants in the Australian institutional proxy voting system need to reform operational processes to prevent potential errors, according to a study released today by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The study was conducted ...

Foresters launches Social Investment Australia lending fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... clearly a non-profit, they can't borrow from the social enterprise fund. Foresters' mission is to address financial exclusion through three groups - individuals, for which we have a microfinance program, social enterprises and non-profits. This is about ...