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Louise Davidson appointed ACSI CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... in her current role at Cbus for six years and also previously worked at IFM Investors. She has also worked as chair of the PRI Australia Network and secretary of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). "I'm delighted to join such an influential ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
New Forests has rolled out a first-ever responsible investment policy and reported total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The government's proposed baseline and safeguard mechanism for participation in the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) are "relatively straightforward," but legal experts have raised concerns over the calculations of baselines for both current and future ...

AICD backs 30% women ASX200 directors target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) is backing a 30% target for female directors of ASX200 companies by 2018. This new target is a "significant extension" of AICD's previous diversity initiatives, said John Brogden, AICD managing director ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The push to develop the global green bond market continues unabated, with the Climate Bonds Initiative launching a report aimed at establishing a green bond market in China, and KPMG International publishing a paper for potential green bond issuers. ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Inflection Point Capital Management will launch a Carbon Zero Global Equities long-only hedge fund in May. Matthew Kiernan, founder and chief executive, Inflection Point Capital Management The Carbon Zero Global Equities Fund will incorporate Inflection ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia ...

Future Home Loans to broker fossil fuel free loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super have launched Future Home Loans, a mortgage broking company that will assist people in taking up or switching their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Simon Sheikh, managing ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors and other stakeholders are planning to engage with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies in a campaign to improve their lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
The payday lending and goods rental/leasing sector is a fast-growing part of the financial services sector, but there are social and financial risks to the sector. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia ...