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GRESB launches 2014 survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Benchmark database covers 49,000 assets in 46 countries and is actively used by more than 100 institutional investors, fund managers and property companies managing US$6.1 trillion in assets, the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark ...

SVA suggests reform for social enterprise capital funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... asset class of social impact investment would mean applying commercial approaches and developing social capital models to fund initiatives that provide innovative, cost-effective solutions to social challenges, SVA said. "The government has to take a ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... growing use of environmental and social factors as part of quantitative investment techniques in equity portfolios, with fund managers integrating ESG data to either screen out undesired stocks, or to create customised benchmarks that tilt away from ...

Ethical Investment Advisers launches fossil-fuel free SMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... 350.org," she said. "But there aren't a lot of fossil-fuel free funds out there for investors, so we decided to make our own fund, because the technology is there now to make model portfolios in an achievable way." The fund was launched in December 2013 ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... carbon price mechanism (CPM) and replace it with the DAP. The main funding vehicle for the DAP is the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). The DAP and ERF will establish a baseline and credit scheme and liable entities will have to keep their emission levels ...

CEFC provides $20m loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has provided a AU$20 million, five-year loan facility to Carnegie Wave Energy to help accelerate final stage technology development, the CEFC said. Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The loan facility provision is CEFC's ...

FSC standard mandates ESG policy for superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... standards, in particular a good level of independence. Superannuation is compulsory. In the interests of the members of the fund, we believe there should be a level of independence. We also believe that it's important that there be genuine commitment ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Interest Trust, and hold the securities there, and the balanced holds units in the trust," Macri said. "We can now offer that fund to investors and the benefit of that is especially for advisers who create their own asset allocation and their own funds." ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Given the shift and evolution of the global economy and the activities of businesses and assets as part of that shift, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into investment practices is both a source of innovation and ...

CEFC commits $30 million to EUA financing fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed up to AU$30 million to a fund financing environmental upgrade agreements (EUA). Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO The CEFC is partnering with National Australia Bank (NAB) and Eureka Funds Management to ...