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Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... than 11% of ASX200 non-executive board positions are held by directors who own no shares in the company, which the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) says goes counter to ACSI's expectation that directors will have "skin in the game" ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds and social impact bonds, Toohill said. In April, the World Bank issued a AU$300 million, five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... it's getting from investors." AXA IM hopes to launch a second fund in 2015 open to external investment, accessible to Australian institutional investors and other global investors, Christensen said. Earlier this year, AXA IM launched an integrated ESG ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels. The fund launched a month ago and was founded by Adam Verwey, formerly a senior relationships manager at Australian Ethical Investment, and Simon Sheikh, former national director at GetUp!. Future Super has one fund option - a balanced ...

CEFC allocates more than AU$930m in first full year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... is predicted to earn a return of approximately 7% over its lifetime, which is 3.5% above the benchmark cost of the Australian government five-year bond rate, noted Jillian Broadbent, CEFC board chair, in her report. Over its lifetime, the CEFC's current ...

Panel discusses fossil fuel divestment for super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... this week. The issue of fossil fuel divestment has recently been highlighted by the media and political reaction to Australian National University (ANU)'s decision to divest from Santos, Newcrest Mining, Iluka Resources, Sandfire Resources, Oil Search ...

Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
While both supply and demand for "green", climate themed bonds will continue to grow from Australian institutional investors, there is also increased attention being paid to social benefit bonds as well, according to JPMorgan Chase. Marilyn Ceci, managing ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... workshop. The tour starte around the same time as CSIRO Ecosystems Sciences published a report find that if green spaces in Australian cities were doubled, "heat wave related deaths in the elderly could be cut up nearly 30%," according to 202020 Vision. ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... D'Aloisio, Chairman Iress Ltd and President Winemakers Federation of Australia, and Dr Leeora Black, managing director, Australian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (ACCSR). "Part of the discussion yesterday was, are we in biz to serve society ...

US$9.2 billion in green bonds issued in Q3 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Swedbank and ABG Sundal Collier also issued green climate bonds during the 3 rd quarter. See Also: World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond