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Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... are receptive to their concerns over lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management and seven other organisations, including other investors, engagement specialists, financial counsellors ...

Australian Ethical launches Emerging Companies Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... believe we can deliver the best outcomes for our investors." Australian Ethical has more than AU$1 billion in funds under management across superannuation and managed funds.

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... outcome." Swiss Re published a report, Profiling the risks in solar and wind, in which they state that demand for risk management services will increase as the renewable energy sector continues to grow. "By the end of this decade, a 50% increase in renewable ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... demand," said Paul Simpson, chief executive officer at CDP. "Access to high quality information is essential for the management of these risks." The FRC is the UK's independent regulator for corporate governance and sets the frameworks for codes and ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... to Northern Trust. Wayne Bowers, CEO, CIO Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Northern Trust Asset Management Wayne Bowers, chief executive officer and chief investment officer for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at Northern ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... analysis in equity portfolios, Gayer said. As a result, BNP Paribas has been working with clients on both the asset management and the asset ownership side to provide data and analytical services around ESG. "We have looked at asset owners, pension funds ...

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS Act). The recent Stronger Super reforms place greater importance on the risk management and due diligence processes undertaken by superannuation trustees in Australia, "which also require trustees to engage ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... strategy, and meeting member needs." This consideration of a climate-specific investment option is part of a larger climate management and investments project begun by the fund in December 2014. In the first phase, the fund analysed member concerns and ...

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Eureka Funds Management, National Australia Bank and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have financed a AU$1.2 million environmental upgrade agreement (EUA) that will retrofit the Readers Digest Building in Sydney. The agreement has been signed ...

CDSB launches expanded reporting framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... launched its expanded reporting framework. The framework goes beyond the previous guidelines, which focused on the management view of climate change-related risks and opportunities and greenhouse gas emissions, and now covers fossil fuels, water stewardship ...