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Perpetual hires philanthropic services manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... award. "Caitriona brings to us valuable experience across various local, national and even international issues," said Andrew Thomas, Perpetual's general manager philanthropy, in a statement. "Combined with her extensive network of contacts in the philanthropy ...

Low Carbon Australia forms alliance with Wiley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... exposed to increase operational costs, specifically due to energy pricing and the impact of a high Australian dollar, said Andrew Newby, Wiley business development director. "But through process, air conditioning, and refrigeration upgrades and biogas ...

Omega: governance measurements reduce bond portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... metrics have seen Omega's bond investments tilt towards higher quality countries, such as countries in Scandinavia, said Andrew Cleeland, Omega investment research analyst. "The willingness to repay - that's a governance consideration and a quantitative ...

NAB funds second Environmental Upgrade Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... glazing. The retrofit is intended to cut CO2-e emissions by approximately 2500 tonnes per year. NAB head of property finance, Andrew Balzan said the use of EUAs demonstrates the attractiveness of longer dated finance for this market. "We're pleased to ...

Omega Global Investors hires investment research analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
Fund manager Omega Global Investors has hired Andrew Cleeland as investment research analyst. Andrew Cleeland Cleeland comes to Omega from Austock, where he was a quantitative analyst for five years. He specialises in quantitative research and analysis ...

Broadbent named chair of CEFC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... has been named chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), with Michael Carapiet, Ian Moore, Anna Skarbek and Andrew Stock also named to the CEFC board. Broadbent, a member of the board of the Reserve Bank, chaired the CEFC expert review panel. ...

Global Reporting Initiative G4 draft out for public comment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... draft. John Purcell of CPA Australia and Kirsten Simpson of Net Balance participate in the technical editing taskforce, Andrew Cole of Lend Lease is on the boundary working group, Hugh Grant of Net Balance is on the governance working group, while Amanda ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has hired Ross Andrews as ESG research associate in line with its strategy to expand its proprietary Environmental Sustainable Governance (ESG) research more broadly across investment strategies. Ross Andrews, AMP Capital Andrews will assist ...

Voluntary sustainability disclosures carry legal weight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosures, according to two experts at law firm Baker and McKenzie. "Investors are reading the voluntary reports," said Andrew Beatty, a partner at Baker and McKenzie. "Companies that use those reports for PR window dressing have a significant risk ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... perspective, emerging markets and Asia-Pacific have the highest proportion of top ratings, while Canada has the least. Andrew Kirton, Mercer's global chief investment officer, said the firm "was not surprised" that only 9% of strategies got top ratings. ...