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GRESB hires new head of Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... real estate sector." Meanwhile, GRESB has announced that Aegon Group, the Netherlands-based global provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management has joined GRESB. AEGON operates in more than 20 countries and has over â,¬458 million revenue ...

StepUP loans provide social, economic return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... between $20,000 and $40,000 per year." The report also recommended that the program look to offer basic, affordable insurance products, something that Good Shepherd Microfinance is already pursuing. "We've got a discussion paper out right now and are ...

Businesses addressing climate change as strategic risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... Wright said. "Most of the banks look at the carbon risks there from the pricing of carbon and the impact that will have." Insurance companies are another sector impacted by climate change and extreme weather events, and they are working to integrate ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... performance and underweigh poor ESG performance. "If you want to be smart and conservative, you could think about this as insurance, as a way of avoiding reputational risk," Christensen said. "In some markets we're in, clients say that they think about ...

Local Government Super leader on managing climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... record on transparency... it's frankly indefensible. AODP sent out survey requests to the 1,000 largest retirement funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. Only 17 institutions sent direct responses, with only half providing full responses ...

Oliver Yates named CEO of Clean Energy Finance Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Southern Cross Media Group Limited. From 2005-2011, he served as deputy chair and board member for the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation from 2005-2011. The CEFC will start from July 2013 and will provide financing to renewable energy, energy ...

Investment in programs for Aboriginal women and girls needed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... it's probably going to be at some point in their lives where their 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 ...

Fewer ASX companies see carbon price as a business risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... Index ('CPLI') - Commonwealth Property Office Fund, CFS Retail Property Trust, Mirvac Group, National Australia Bank and Insurance Australia Group. Qantas Airways and Commonwealth Property Office Fund were the equal highest scoring companies on the CDP ...

Australian infrastructure underprepared for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... resilient," Connor said. "We need to consider physical damage and repair, interruptions to supply chains and operations, and insurance and reputational damage. "As emissions and temperatures rise, so do the costs of adaptation and the risks of getting ...

Sean Flannery joins Climate Bonds Advisory Panel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... in sovereign debt, and innovative approaches to liability-driven investment strategies to reduce risk for pension and insurance funds," according to the Climate Bonds Advisory Panel. Flannery also co-founded the African Institute of Innovation and Technology ...