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Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... management is accelerating in Australia and around the world, guided by demand from asset owners and increasing flexibility in fund design that can tailor strategies that run from risk mitigation to investment return, according to Northern Trust Asset ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Inflection Point, a boutique investment firm with operations in London and Paris. It has established a joint venture with French fund managers Groupe La Francaise, a European fund manager with approximately US$50 billion in assets under management. Inflection ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... standard of 30-50% in emissions reductions is an achievable target, said Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund. The average percentage saving (tCO2-e) of the projects financed by environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) in the City of Melbourne ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund has made an AU$7.6 million investment in Sunverge Energy, a company that is developing a simple, cost-effective solar energy storage solution. Half of the investment - AU$3.8 million - has come from the Australian ...

Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Alexis Cheang as a senior responsible investment consultant within Mercer's Responsible Investment team. Cheang is based in Sydney and will work with Mercer's investment clients "in helping them implement Mercer's recently launched ...

CFI a source of economic opportunity for Indigenous groups

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... approved under the CFI certified traditional savanna burning, for example. Rowan Foley, general manager, Aboriginal Carbon Fund The CFI is set to remain - and even expand - if the government is successful in replacing the current carbon pricing mechanismwith ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... IPCM, a new boutique investment firm with operations in London and Paris. It has established a joint venture with French fund managers Groupe La Francaise, a European fund manager with approximately US$50 billion in assets under management. Australia ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... delivery," Hems said. "There is no reason why the [National Roads and Motorists' Association] NRMA and [Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia] HFC and other large member-owned organisations can't play an active role. The reason we did the NDIS system-level ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has sold shares in its funds management subsidiary to mid-market corporate advisory firm InterFinancial Corporate Finance as part of a strategic partnership between the two companies. InterFinancial offers independent advisory ...

Northern Trust ESG index range crosses US$1 billion mark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management's environmental, social and governance (ESG) index fund range has exceeded US$1 billion in assets under management, the asset manager said. The index funds reached the US$1 billion mark within six months of initial seeding. ...