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University of Sydney issues second impact investing report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... microfinance, renewable energy, small and medium enterprises, healthcare, affordable housing and community development," and in asset classes including "private equity, venture capital, private debt, real estate and international listed equity." Developing ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... partner at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. "The current statutory duties of trustees effectively require them to view their asset holdings through a risk management lens, having regard to those risks. It's not my role to advise trustees on whether they ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... practice code, to make sure they're driven by science and empirical evidence. In other areas, it means going down to the asset level, asking property managers what the key conservation issue is for that given asset. Is it something we can improve in ...

CFSGAM reports on responsible investment, stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... equity investor stewardship," according to more than a third of people who attended the recent Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) Responsible Investment (RI) and Stewardship Forum in London. Will Oulton, head of responsible investment ...

PRI launches guide to private equity and ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... strategies and fund size. Interviewees include representatives at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., TPG Capital, Investec Asset Management, IDFC Alternatives, Pantheon and Australia's Ironbridge Capital. "By adopting and applying an ESG lens throughout ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... has less than two years' data," said Bert Rebelo, senior vice president- institutional business and strategy Asia Pacific, asset management at Northern Trust. "I think it would actually lend itself to emerging markets, but we can't prove it."

PRI moving ahead with governance review, disclosure regime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... signatories are also moving ahead with the implementation of the new reporting framework that will see more disclosures by asset owner and investment manager signatories. Signatories will be required to publicly report each year on their implementation ...

GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has launched is 2014 survey, its fifth year of operation. In 2013, 550 property companies and funds, managing US$1.6 trillion in value, participated in the GRESB survey. The Global Real Estate ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... sector, creating a dedicated social investment bank, tax concessions, they all look at structural barriers." Developing the asset class of social impact investment would mean applying commercial approaches and developing social capital models to fund ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... cited year as the first year in which robust ESG data is available - is a concern, said Kirsten Temple, a consultant at asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers. "In quantitative strategies, it's difficult," Temple said. "The way that they go about ...