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ARENA provides $11 million grant to Carnegie Wave Energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... installing a CETO 5 system - known as the Perth Project - for the Department of Defence at Garden Island in Western Australia. It will be the first grid connected array globally and the first time any company has created a wave farm with multiple wave ...

University of Sydney Business School adopts CAER research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The University of Sydney Business School will utilise CAER's environmental, social and governance research, CAER has announced. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO The University of Sydney's Business school has taking out an ongoing subscription to the CAER service ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... for calculating signatory holdings under the PRI's new reporting framework. There are currently 121 signatories from Australia - 33 asset owners, 75 investment managers and 13 professional service partners. Overall, since April 2013, the PRI has added ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... them against their benchmark model, which was first developed and applied in the UK by Paul Marsh, later applied in Australia by John Handley of the University of Melbourne. "We support companies' rights to underwrite these offerings and take some of ...

GRI undergoing governance process to become standard setter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... strengthen the formal recognition by governments and regulatory bodies of the GRI's standard setting role. GRI Focal Point Australia recently hosted a webinar for Australian stakeholders to outline the process and invite feedback. "The G4 guidelines ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) into investment 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 ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... pension funds and other large institutional investors, he said. Inflection Point is not marketing a fund or product in Australia at the moment, Noble said. While Noble will continue to be based in Australia, any funds will be managed out of Europe, he ...

Climate Bonds Initiative proposes green property standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
The Climate Bond Green Property Working Group has issued proposed standards defining which buildings can be used as the basis for certified climate bonds. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair The proposed rules are part of the Climate Bonds Standards ...

ARENA invests in Sunverge Energy via venture capital fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Total Energy Ventures International, ARENA said. "This investment will help Sunverge Energy establish operations in Australia and bring its unique technology and utility-centric business model to our shores," said Ivor Frischknecht, ARENA CEO. "Sunverge ...

AMP Capital assesses progress, risks in Bangladesh factories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Although work is underway in Bangladesh to improve the fire and building safety of factories in an attempt to prevent further tragedies such as 2012's Rana Plaza factory collapse, Australian retailers that source apparel from Bangladeshi suppliers are ...