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PRI work stream to address systemic sustainability barriers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... account of long-term value drivers that include ESG factors; and if so, how investors should respond Investor short-termism, mandate design and alignment of interests - to develop new approaches to designing investment mandates, including benchmarks ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Australian investors are examining impact investments opportunities both domestically and overseas and are part of a growing pool of investors globally that are allocating funds to impact investments. As investors seek out investments that provide both ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has hired Michael Walsh as executive director and chief executive officer. UCA Funds Management is an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and manages more than AU$800m in ethical portfolios ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Over 130 investment managers in Asia use sustainable investment approaches, and there is US$74bn of identified sustainable investment assets under management in the Asian region, according to a report from the Association for Sustainable and Responsible ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... brand. Many institutional investors would prefer a straight investment in groceries and retail, whether or not they have mandate constraints on investments in gambling. Certainly the index-makers would. But for a final perspective on Woolworths' responsibility ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... LCAL's experience, expertise and market goodwill. For the CEFC, bringing on LCAL is in line with the CEFC's commercial mandate and allows the CEFC to commence operations on 1 July with a pipeline of investable projects, said Jillian Broadbent, CEFC chair. ...

Woolworths poker machine vote fails, but push to continue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... buy Woolworths to engage on this issue, said Paul Smith, general manager, strategy and communications. "From our ethical mandate we don't invest in any company which supports gambling, in either a direct or an indirect way," Smith said. "Whilst the advocacy ...

Hermes Fund Managers launch quant ESG equity strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... 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 equities process with its proprietary "ESG Dashboard" ...

Q&A with Meg McDonald, CEO Low Carbon Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... the investment vehicles we have already piloted and demonstrated that they will work. If the CEFC under their investment mandate can re-capitalise some of those investments to bring them to scale, this will maintain and uplift the market momentum we've ...

Sustainable investing needed as global economy transforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... decision making process, risk management framework and governance, factor-based, thematic and asset allocation approaches and mandate design for asset managers. Predicated upon the framework is an acceptance that the global economy and thus financial ...