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ACSI publishes revised Governance Guidelines, includes new ESG themes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
... recently climate change has provided an impetus to learn more about and understand the implications of climate change on investment, and it's a logical evolution that the focus on the S issues would come to the fore." ACSI emphasised that when assessing ...

Stakeholder engagement a key factor in structuring M&A: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
Corporate executives in Australia and around the world are expecting to pursue M&A in the next 12 months, and a majority say that engaging with a broad range of stakeholders is a key factor, according to EY and its latest Australasian Capital Confidence ...

LBG Australia & New Zealand publishes Review of Community Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
co-founder of Corporate Citizenship, LBG The majority of Corporate Community Investment (CCI) professionals say their CCI budgets would either stay the same or increase in the coming year, according to the London Benchmarking Group Australia and New ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... energy performance across the QSCF shopping centre portfolio. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The investment comes in the form of a senior debt facility and is the CEFC's largest property investment commitment to date. Shopping centres ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... approaches to achieve desired outcomes. This is the conclusion of a panel of engagement experts speaking at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference in Sydney. Michael Jantzi, CEO of Sustainalytics noted that he thinks ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... providers considered the approaches and benefits to ESG integration in fixed income portfolios as part of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference in Sydney. Loren Sageser, product strategist - ESG, PIMCO noted that ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... reshape cities, industries and expose investors to both risks and opportunities, according to a panel at Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference. Tony Seba, Co-founder, ReThinkX, analyses future scenarios for uptake of ...

Strong consumer demand for responsible, ethical super and investment: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
New research from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) shows that nine out of 10 Australians expect their superannuation or other investments to be invested responsibly. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO Further, research found that four ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian government has introduced a $40 million impact investing initiative aimed at leveraging private investment in small and medium enterprises in the Asia Pacific. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the Emerging Markets Impact Investment ...

RIAA annual conference to discuss how responsible investment will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
With the maturing of the responsible investment market, the focus of the industry is shifting from justifying the case for ESG-management techniques on how to use the tools to allocate capital and shape the future Australian economy. Simon O'Connor ...