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Local Government Super appoints Katherine O'Regan as board chair

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has appointed Katherine O'Regan as its first female chair to the board. O'Regan is an existing director, and "extensive experience in local government, financial services and board engagement," LGS said. O'Regan has previously ...

Pengana selects WHEB Asset Management to manage Hunter Hall Global Deep Green Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Pengana Capital Group Limited has entered into a strategic agreement with WHEB Asset Management (WHEB) to manage the Hunter Hall Global Deep Green Trust. Russel Pillemer, Pengana chief executive officer Pengana's recent merger with Hunter Hall Limited ...

Nuveen launches two new ESG exchange traded funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Nuveen, the investment manager for TIAA, has recently launched two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track indices employing environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria. Amy O'Brien, managing director and head of Responsible Investment at ...

Social Ventures Australia launches $7 million Resolve Social Benefit Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) has gathered $7 million in capital to fund a social benefit bond to fund a program addressing mental health services. Elyse Sainty, SVA director impact investing The Resolve Social Benefit Bond (Resolve SBB) will fund ...

VicSuper joins Financial Inclusion Action Plan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
VicSuper has joined 30 other Australian businesses in the Financial Inclusion Action Plan (FIAP) Trailblazer program. Kirsten Simpson, VicSuper corporate responsibility manager Last year, the federal government appointed Good Shepherd Microfinance to ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches Environmental Equity Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management Australia has launched the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust. The trust is a "true to label" vehicle that is based on the investment thesis that "population dynamics, resource scarcity, inadequate infrastructure and ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
The G20 Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is preparing its final recommendations, which will be presented to the G20 Leaders' Summit in July. As the TCFD considers the final draft of the TCFD guidelines ...

Pollinate Energy to open operations in fifth city - Kanpur

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... from Lucknow, which means we can service those families from the Lucknow hive," said Anna McGregor, national manager - Australia, for Pollinate Energy. "It means we can use the same suppliers, and we understand how families survive. Kanpur has some of ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... estimator. This tool calculates a user's carbon usage based on their spending activities and is approved by Emerald Club, Australia's largest socially-responsible investment platform.

Carnegie Clean Energy to participate in global partnership to push Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
Carnegie Clean Energy has been selected to participate in a program backed by the U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group to focus on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The U.S. State Department and Unreasonable Group have partnered ...