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Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... well as management, the balance sheet, the security - all the things you do when you review a loan. Most things are aimed at risk mitigation; it doesn't matter if it's a social enterprise or a bakery around the corner. You do the same things. In reviewing ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... individuals. Walsh comes to UCA Funds from Hunter Hall, where he served in a number of roles, including ethical analyst, risk manager and head of responsible investment research. He joined Hunter Hall in May 2008 as a non-executive director, a position ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... example. The measures are to train staff, make machines less visible, support counselling and audit hotels. In the parlance of risk management, these are all 'administrative measures', the lowest rung of risk management. Higher rungs include engineering ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... instability in the market and this has no doubt been a major factor in its decision-making process." Policy uncertainty is a risk factor that impacts on the availablity and cost of capital for investment in renewable energy projects, and the CCA's recommendations ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... quarterly capitalism really impacts them insofar that there are more agency costs and that there's a higher level of information risk, lower firm valuations because of all the pressure put on company boards and executives to come up with the short term ...

In 2040, when growth is a memory: Josh Dowse

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... will peak at 2030 (but the damage will be done), the working population will peak at 2040, and GDP will peak at 2050. At the risk of repeating the sins of Alan Ramsay in his later columns, I'll quote again: "You will see that the global population will ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... global climate investment index ranking the world's largest institutional asset owners on how they invest to manage climate risk. Australia's Local Government Super (LGS) was ranked the top institutional asset onwer for its transparency and management ...

Unconventional gas development poses risks to investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... investment risks to coal seam and shale gas extraction - fugitive emissions, the use of water in coal seam gas extraction and the risk to licence to operate by companies. "Shale and coal seam gas are different, but they share some technologies and share ...

CPA Australia issues SME sustainability assurance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... can unlock a whole lot of internal advantages, in terms of engaging the staff in the process, finding a different view on risk management," Ghandar said. "It's a huge role to play. Assurance practitioners see across a lot of organisations, and have valuable ...

Will sustainability survive the end of the boom?

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... capital and also natural capital - the value of small things like the willingness of our society to accept regulation or to risk changing jobs, or the Great Barrier Reef, or artesian water, or the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb the greenhouse gases ...