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LBG Australia & New Zealand publishes Review of Community Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... their CCI budgets would either stay the same or increase in the coming year, according to the London Benchmarking Group Australia and New Zealand. LBG Australia and New Zealand has conducted their 12 th annual Review of Community Investment, which surveyed ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... to reduce energy use and carbon emissions, said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "We have more than 1,750 shopping centres in Australia, and yet less than 10% of them have attained National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) ratings that measure ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... financially vulnerable Australians. More recently, UCA Funds Management began organising another campaign to engage with Australia's big four banks to eliminate the use of its credit cards for the operation of online gambling accounts. Walsh said the ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Treasury Corporation. In March, Queensland Treasury Corporation issued a $750 million green bond, the largest to date in Australia. Dann notes that it was a two-year process for Queensland Treasury Corporation, going from learning about how green bonds ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... of the Electric Vehicle Council noted that it will take both private investment and government policy to facilitate Australia's transition. Jafari pointed out that Australia is in a prime position to take advantage of the global transition, given the ...

Strong consumer demand for responsible, ethical super and investment: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... continuing growth in the sector with responsible investment more than quadrupling over the past 3 years and nearly half of Australia's assets under management now being invested through responsible investments" said RIAA's CEO Simon O'Connor. "As more ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... EMIIF will also focus on encouraging investment in enterprises that positively impact women, which builds on the work of Australia's $44 million Investing in Women program that commenced in 2016, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said. "From ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... view," O'Connor said. "Responsible investing is really considered by the vast majority of the investment industry in Australia today, what's next, how do we usefully play capital and shaping the future of Australia in w away that the beneficiaries would ...

Transparency around tax payments continues to be issue: CAER

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... regulators and other stakeholders on their activities, said Julia Leske, CAER CEO. CAER is part of the Vigeo Eiris network. "Australia is very exposed to the issue," she said. "Similarly to what we see globally, with the finance sector and the mining ...

Directors say improvements needed to corporate culture: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
More than 90% of directors say that Australian business needs to "make improvements to corporate culture," according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors' (AICD) bi-annual Director Sentiment Index. Louise Petschler, general manager - advocacy ...