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Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Since 2011, 16 superannuation funds have divested from AU$1.2 billion in tobacco stocks, and one Melbourne oncologist has made it her cause to persuade the superannuation industry to divest from the rest of what she estimates is a total of AU$8.5 billion ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... underlined - as it has in years past - that responsible investments outperform wider benchmarks. Core responsible investment Australian equities funds have outperformed the ASX 300 index and the large cap Australian equities fund average over 1, 3, 5 ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... think that ESG does matter," said Steven Carew, JANA's head of investment research and outcomes. "Consistent with our Australian and global equity surveys conducted over recent years, governance is seen as the most important factor. It is interesting ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... chief operating officer, CEFC The CEFC will provide up to AU$80 million as the initial cornerstone investor to the CFS Australian Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund, a wholesale infrastructure investment fund that will invest in renewable energy, energy ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund CEOs, fund secretaries and governance, risk and compliance managers, in the wake of new regulations from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) around governance standards, including risk management. In the survey ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
With the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism passing through the Australian Senate this week, companies that were liable for paying for their carbon emissions will now begin the process of unwinding their arrangements and calculating how direct and ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... to developing and pointed to two reports published by the University of Sydney - Impact Investment: Perspectives for Australian Superannuation Funds and Impact Investments: Perspectives for Australian Charitable Trusts and Foundations as more expansive ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... model. It really does give a quantitative weight and dollar value to things that have always been subjective." In the Australian context, providing measurement and reporting around intangible assets such as sustainability and ESG takes on a new meaning. ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) have committed AU$18.5 million to a hybrid renewable energy/diesel project at Coober Pedy in South Australia. Energy Developments Limited (ENE) is developing a project to combine wind, solar and diesel ...

Carbon Trade Exchange launches REC trading platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... exchanges," said Wayne Sharpe, CTX chairman and founder. "During our R&D phase, CTX canvassed approximately 80% of the Australian REC market, so we expect that within a month this will be the only place to be - hence we called it TRECs. The TRECs Exchange ...