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Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Oliver Yates will be the inaugural chief executive officer of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC). Yates, who began his job this week, will be responsible for day-to-day operations with the CEFC and will be responsible for the employment of ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia's total hotel and club gaming venues" and "Woolworths (ALH) only operates around 6% of Australia's poker machines." Fund manager Australian Ethical bought shares in Woolworths for its Climate Advocacy Fund with the express intention of voting ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... parents say, have you thought about private health insurance, or what about superannuation, this is the company superannuation fund. In your peer and your family and your community, there are discussions about that, or tax implications, mortgages, but ...

Fiona Reynolds to take PRI managing director role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Fiona Reynolds has resigned as CEO of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) to take a job as managing director of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Fiona Reynolds The newly created position will see Reynolds work ...

Investor groups call for new climate change policy responses

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
A coalition of organisations including the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) have called upon the governments of the world's largest economies to engage in a new dialogue on climate change policy ahead of the international climate negotiations ...

DEXUS building awarded international prize for innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... association with DekaBank and Stadt Frankfurt am Main. The building is co-owned by DEXUS Property Group, DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund and Cbus Property and designed by Ingenhoven Architects in Dusseldorf and Architectus in Sydney, and was selected from ...

Boards increasing engagement on remuneration reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Boards of listed companies are continuing to increase the amount of time they spend engaging with investors, particularly around executive remuneration issues, said Amanda Wilson, Regnan managing director. Wilson said that in the lead-up to this year's ...

PRI publishes hedge fund responsible investment paper

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Institutional investors can analyse hedge fund managers and strategies with an eye to improving governance and values alignment in line with the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI has released a discussion papers on hedge funds ...

LGS generating energy savings certificates from retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... have installed and its performance differential." This is the first time that Sigma Global has worked with a superannuation fund, said Schalk Meliezer, business manager at Sigma Global. The agreement between LGS and Sigma Global is expected to run until ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
Hermes Fund Managers has created a global quantitative environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and has announced that Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a AU$90m mandate for the strategy. The strategy combines Hermes' existing quantitative ...