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ACSI criticises slow pace of women appointed to ASX boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Women now comprise 15.5% of ASX200 board members, an increase of 24 women from 2012, according to an annual audit into board diversity performed by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). The ACSI audit showed that for the first time ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Philanthropy Australia (PA) has begun a program to educate members about impact investment, with a focus on building knowledge and awareness in its first year. Fiona Maxwell, Queensland manager at Philanthropy Australia "PA has introduced a range of ...

Future Fund excludes tobacco producers from portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The Future Fund will exclude tobacco companies from its investment portfolio, the Board of Guardians has announced. The fund owns stock in 14 companies in involved in tobacco production, with a combined worth of approximately AU$222 million at the end ...

University of Sydney opens Centre for Carbon, Water and Food

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
The University of Sydney is launching the Centre for Carbon, Water and Food, a multidisciplinary research centre that will investigate food security and environmental challenges through an integrated approach. The Centre for Carbon, Water and Food has ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
Additional government funding will allow Community Sector Banking to extend loans to hundreds more people in Queensland and northern New South Wales, according to Peter Quarmby, Community Sector Banking's executive director. Peter Quarmby, Community ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Community Sector Banking has extended its Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) contract with the federal government and received an additional AU$448,800 in pilot funding. Community Sector Banking is a specialist banking provider for the ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics can be used as a quantitative measure to construct an equities portfolio that generate improved active returns and better ESG ratings, according to research from MSCI. Michael Salvatico MSCI have released ...

Low Carbon Australia finances Warrnambool lighting project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia (LCAL) will partly finance an energy efficient street lighting project in Victoria that will cut energy use and costs in six councils. LCAL will provide slightly more than 50% of the Warrnambool City Council's AU$872,500 commitment ...

New industry body to promote women in financial services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
A new industry organisation aimed at ensuring that women reach executive positions in the financial services sector has claimed that quotas are not necessary to increasing the diversity of senior management. Judith Beck Financial Executive Women (FEW) ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a strategy that applies environmental, social and governance metrics to assess countries' creditworthiness and risks and opportunities in sovereign debt portfolios. Matt Christensen The approach is outlined ...