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AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Wealth Accountants (FIWA). The fund's strategy has been developed by AXA Rosenberg, the quantitative investment arm of the global AXA IM group, and integrates environmental, social and governance data from AXA IM's responsible investment team. AXA IM ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Sustainalytics has hired Cheryl Gustitus to head global marketing and to lead strategic initiatives. Gustitus comes to Sustainalytics from GMI Ratings, where she was chief marketing officer. Prior to that, she worked for nearly 10 years with Institutional ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... exposures without drastically increasing tracking error or reducing investment returns, according to MSCI. executive director, global head of ESG research, MSCI MSCI has recently launched its ESG CarbonMetrics, a suite of carbon and fossil fuel metrics ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... and sustainability practice. "This is in part due to the interconnectedness of issues and the volatility in the local and global economy we have seen in the past decade. There is a greater appreciation of the benefits of scanning the business environment ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... report focused on how the globalisation of financial markets, its impact on the development and beginnings of convergence in global governance practices, and how AMP Capital approaches engagement with companies based on these trend. "The globalisation ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Australian/New Zealand property companies continue to outperform global peers in sustainability reporting and performance, according to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 2014 results. Australia/NZ property companies received an ...

AMP Capital invests in Alterra Power Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has invested more than C$100m in Alterra Power Corporation, a global renewable energy company headquartered in British Columbia. AMP Capital has structured a C$110 million subordinated loan facility for Alterra ...

Challenges, opportunities in Australia's energy future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
If Australia is to make a long-term transition to lower carbon energy sources, it will require ongoing policy support from state and federal government as well as long-term investment from the private sector, while recognising that the impacts of renewable ...

Diversity Council Australia measures the bamboo ceiling

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... that Australia's two-way trade in goods and services totalled more than A$600 billion or 41% of GPD in 2012. "We live in a global economy now, and I think that it's vital and crucial for Australian business and government to understand the way in which ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... funding to Laing O'Rourke to support a $1.4 million redeployable, large-scale solar-diesel hybrid power plant pilot project. Global construction company Laing O'Rourke would be constructing, setting up and packing down the project, which would be a world ...