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Government proposes governance changes for super boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... directors on superannuation boards. "One third is a pragmatic, initial step in ensuring board effectiveness and focusing super fund boards on board composition and the skills needed to protect the funding of the retirement of a rapidly increasing number ...

SVA Commonwealth Bank partner on education toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... systems across Australia to design the wider rollout of the initiative. Commonwealth Bank's AU$6 million commitment will fund the project over multiple years, Metcalf said. "It's important to note that the majority of the money is going into research ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors both in Australia and around the world are still in early stages of uptake in both environmental, social and governance (ESG)-factor investing and in quantitative-based tailored approaches to risk and return, according to Northern ...

BNP Paribas launches ESG reporting tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... trustee, you need to comply with these," Gayer said. "A lot of institutions have said, how we go about doing that. A super fund client of ours in Australia has said, we're signed up to UNPRI, but now what?" In addition to providing a tool that can be ...

CEFC invests $125 million in energy efficiency property trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Base Building Rating, reducing base building electricity use by nearly 50%. See Also: CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Legal and investment experts have been advising superannuation fund trustees that they have an obligation to include evaluation of climate change risk in their overall governance and investment processes. But there may be new urgency to the calls, influenced ...

VicSuper exploring developing climate change fund option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... fuels and carbon intensive companies, or favouring companies that are actively reducing their climate change impacts. The fund's internal market intelligence analyst will conduct the research and engage with members to see if there is member demand and ...

CEFC, NAB launch $120m green finance fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has selected National Australia Bank (NAB) to partner on a new AU$120 million program to provide finance for businesses seeking to reduce energy and operating costs through "green" investments. Oliver Yates ...

Eureka Funds Management funds Sydney EUA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... National Australia Bank, the CEFC and Eureka Funds Management, through Eureka Environmental Upgrade Finance (Eureka EUF). "The fund provides environmental upgrade finance that can be repaid over 7 to 10 years, which allows property owners to offset charges ...

Climate change impacts on investments "inevitable": Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
Climate change will have an inevitable impact on investment returns, and investors need to factor it into their risk modelling as they would other factors, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer ...