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Debate over setting surrender charges for carbon units

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... energy suppliers/generators/retailers, are fairly sophisticated actors in the market, and although there is some financial risk to them in option two and three, we think they've got the skills."

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With the increasing demand for sustainable fixed income investments on the rise, fund managers are creating funds that invest in so-called "green bonds" - bonds with investments in projects such as renewable energy developments. While it is possible ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... environmental and the social and also they can look at the social and environmental performance in addition to the financial risk and return. But they can't ignore the financial risks, of which there are many." The AU$450m Christian Super superannuation ...

Carbon price to have limited impact on superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... portfolios invest in carbon-intensive companies in the ASX 200 that will need to cut their emissions to manage financial risk from carbon costs." Carbon costs would equate to 1.4% of earnings on average for ASX 200 companies, with 292 tonnes of carbon ...

Australia well placed to implement ETS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has reported that Australia has the legal, regulatory and capital markets expertise to implement a carbon emissions pricing mechanism and transition to a lower carbon economy. "The imposition ...