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Australian Ethical reports AUM of $2.82 billion in full year results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has reported underlying profit after-tax for the 2017-2018 financial year rose 18% to $5.0 million, driven by strong member growth, strong inflows and positive investment performance. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Road New York, other NGOs including Moms Rising, In the Public Interest and others have joined. It can be likened to Australia's No Business in Abuse campaign, which targeted Broadspectrum (now part of Ferrovial) for taking on a contract with the Australian ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... start at pace and we want to grow this, and expand this audience over time. We'll be doing university events across Australia, limited to the budget that we have to coordinate them. So we're committing to three in the first year. I've already got Sydney ...

Michael Dwyer appointed chairman of Australia for UNHCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Michael Dwyer, the chief executive officer of First State Super, has been appointed as the new chairman of Australia for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency's national partner for Australia. Australia for UNHCR is responsible for engaging corporates, communities ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Finance Corporation The CEFC has released its 2018 Investment Update, discussing their role as a leading investor in Australia's renewable energy sector. The CEFC contuies to grow the number and value of its commitments - in 2017, CEFC committed to 36 ...

ACCR, CAER study gender pay gap at ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
More than a quarter of ASX100 companies do not have a remuneration policy that covers gender pay equity, although the vast majority have conducted analysis to determination if they are any remuneration gaps between men and women, according to a new ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... "Pinnacle - that's their business. In my opinion, they're the most successful at the multi-boutique affiliate model in Australia." McCrum also cited Pinnacle's strategic, commercial and governance input as positives. Omega is seeing "strong investor ...

CEFC provides $56 million finance to Numurkah Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... close of Numurkah is "one of the most significant milestones" for Neoen's local operations, said Franck Woitiez, Neoen Australia managing director. "Numurkah is an important project for Neoen," Woitiez said. "First, because it marks the achievement of ...

Finance sector calls for development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... than 300 institutions with $10 trillion in assets have called for the development of Sustainable Finance Roadmaps for Australia and New Zealand. The statement was released at the end of the 2018 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... HESTA, Amanda Goodman, head of syndication at Impact Investment Group, and Katherine Leong, associate director, National Australia Bank. Major noted that HESTA defines impact broadly, in that all the investments made by the $46 billion fund have an impact ...