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Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... constituting 32% of the overall growth, while 40% was due to climate-aligned rail issuance. "At the moment we're seeing 90% investment grade [bonds]," Fowler said. "We're seeing a little bit off investment grade, but not much, of course w/ a strong focus ...

Social Ventures Australia launch venture philanthropy fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Social Venture Australia (SVA) has launched a venture philanthropy fund for Queensland-based social-purpose organisations. Mark Herbertt, Social Ventures Australia Queensland director The Queensland venture philanthropy fund is designed to connect philanthropists ...

Ausbil Investment Management hire Mans Carlsson-Sweeny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has hired Mans Carlsson-Sweeny as head of ESG research. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital Carlsson-Sweeny comes to Ausbil from AMP Capital, where he was a senior ESG research analyst. He previously worked at Carnegie Investment ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... of Brookings Tsinghua Centre for Public Policy, addresses the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Climate Change Investment and Finance Summit in Melbourne Speaking on the opening day of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) Climate Change ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Richard Brandweiner is the chief investment officer of First State Super, an AU$53 billion industry superannuation fund. In 2011, First State Super merged with Health Super to create one of Australia's largest public offer superannuation funds. Brandweiner ...

Board skills matrix an assessment opportunity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... will be held to account by a process of comparison. If you do a bad job, you're going to have to do better. That's an investment narrative- if you don't get that narrative right, you're just putting out a whole lot of material that is a lot of busy work ...

Data security a governance concern: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Data security and cyber security issues have the potential for significant reputational and financial impacts on companies' performance, and AMP Capital says the issue should be well understood and priorities at the board level. Karin Halliday, AMP ...

CAER, South Pole Group partner on investment services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
South Pole Group and CAER have partnered to offer investment portfolio carbon footprinting services. Duncan Paterson, CAER CEO CAER will distribute analysis services in the Australian and New Zealand market as a result of this partnership, and is led ...

First State Super invests in Australian tech, almonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... capital focusing on Australian internet start-ups and Australia agriculture, which the fund says is in line with the investment principal of universal ownership. First State Super has invested AU$110 million with Blackbird Ventures, a venture capital ...

Vote Your Super rallies support for AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... which historically do not garner much support from investors. ACCR has met with investor groups such as the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), Le Couteur said. Meanwhile ...