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UCA Funds Management holds first investor briefing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has held its first investor briefing, discussing the structure and returns of its three portfolios, its investment approach to selecting Australian equities and disclosing that a AU$7.7 million loan relating to the now-defunct Acacia ...

Bush Heritage Australia fund pays farmers for conservation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... within a farming business - landowners are paid an annual fee for putting a portion of their land under conservation management for a minimum period of 10 years, according to Bush Heritage Australia. The stewardship agreements will then make annual performance ...

Local Government Super selects SSgA for equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... strategies into the process, so that could be exclusions or integrations." "We have our exclusions built into the investment management agreement - there's a minimum 10% threshold that screens out stocks from industries such as uranium mining, gambling ...

CEFC study advocates demand management for electricity use

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Demand management - a cooperative approach to saving energy - could save billions of dollars from electricity bills in Australia, according to a study commissioned by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). CEFC CEO Oliver Yates The study, Investing ...

Christian Super invests in microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... they're not buying the product again, it's not of much value. We track those kinds of ratios very carefully and help management to drive in the right direction." See Also: Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

PRI working group calls for sustainable palm oil commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... The Sustainable Palm Oil Investor Working Group consists of 25 investment organizations, representing assets under management of over USA$2 trillion, which are members of the UN-supported PRI. The group is currently engaging with 20 companies to seek ...

ETS proposal put auctions, carbon hedging on tighter agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... said Jennifer Lauber Patterson, executive director, Frontier Carbon. "There is a lot of corporate governance and risk management process that needs to be established to be ready. This includes a carbon strategy, policies and development of a trading ...

LGS joins Investor Statement on Bangladesh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... Investors (ACSI) asserting that Australian consumer discretionary and consumer retailer companies do not have adequate risk management and mitigation policies around supply chain labour and human rights practices. "Our interest in this issue is long-running ...

RIAA: Responsible Investment portfolios continue to grow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
Responsible investment portfolios in Australia managed AU$152 billion or 16% of total assets under management last year, and core responsible investment funds are outperforming the benchmark of mainstream funds, according to the Responsible Investment ...

Impax Asset Management makes case for fossil fuel divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2013  |  NEWS
... benchmark index can yield a small positive return effect with low tracking error, according to analysis by Impax Asset Management. Impax created model equity portfolios structured around fossil fuel divestment and tilts towards energy efficiency and ...