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Mirvac reports on first year of new sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... by 17.68%, but saw energy use per square metre rise from 0.31 GJ/m2 to 0.39 GJ/m2, a 26.18% increase over 2013. In its retail properties, carbon intensity fell by 2.71% and energy intensity fell by 0.2%. On water, Mirvac's retail properties used 462,937kL ...

AXA IM to offer impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... investors, Christensen said. Earlier this year, AXA IM launched an integrated ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia, available to the retail market via the Asgard platform. The AXA IM All Country World Index (ACWI) SmartBeta Equity Fund was seeded with AU$55 ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... assets under management, an increase from 1.6% TAUM last year. "Where we're seeing is 2.3% represents the best proxy for retail demand, and we think that should be getting up to 5 or 10% or even much higher," O'Connor said. "How do we embrace that opportunity ...

Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... charities only - our rate of return is 3.9% p.a., which will be paid after December. In the Development Fund, which is our retail fund, which charges a slightly higher management fee, the current rate is 3.5%." The Development Fund started out as a common ...

Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... and underwriters continue to broaden the understanding of environmental and financial benefits among institutional and retail investors," she said. "I think the greater the issuance, the greater the awareness. One of the interesting dynamics we've seen ...

Governance Institute of Australia questions shareholder primacy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... have differing agendas and values based on their investment horizon and values. "There is a growing difference between retail shareholders and institutional shareholders who have a longer term horizon - that brings a different perspective as well," Fox ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... manager. Armstrong will manage LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprised of nine NSW commercial, retail and industrial property assets - five office buildings, three retail centres and one industrial estate. LGPF was worth ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... investment space is going to require stakeholder groups from across the country - government, philanthropy, institutional and retail investors, and businesses, Addis noted. The process will also require reviewing existing work to measure impact and then ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment Managers (AXA IM) has launched an integrated ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia, which will be available to the retail market via the Asgard platform. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg The AXA IM All Country World ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... while 70% accessed savings or 40% used credit cards. In Victoria, Good Shepherd Microfinance operates three Good Money retail sites that provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people. ...