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SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) has made three new loans to social enterprises in Queensland and New South Wales, bringing their total loan book up to AU$7.5 million. Ben Gales, SEFA CEO The three loans were made to MiHaven Property Fund ...

Catholic Super makes case for global climate policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Statement on Climate Change. The statement detailed proposals for governments regarding climate policies. Pegan noted that Australia's domestic agenda, the repeal of the carbon pricing mechanism and the uncertainty around the structure and future of ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... and manufacturing industries, including mining, most electrical power utilities and chemicals. Under that scenario, Australia would rank as one of the five countries most likely to experience the greatest shift in demand and be worst off, along with ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
AXA 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 ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... the volume of deals, both large and small. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF and ClimateWorks Australia have launched an interactive website, BetterBuildingFinance.com.au, which organises and aggregates information on environmental ...

ACSI: CEO pay, termination pay drop for FY13

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The average total statutory pay package of ASX200 CEOs was AU$4.84 million in 2013, which is 63 times average earnings, a 33% drop below the 2007 peak of 94 times average earnings, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ...

NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance launch national campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank and Good Shepherd Microfinance have launched "Stop Small Problems Getting Big", a national campaign raise awareness of Good Shepherd Microfinance's no-interest loan scheme. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney The campaign ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... recognising that externalities are part of how they create value, according to a new report from KPMG. Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner KPMG has recently released A New Vision of Value, which examines three drivers that are forcing companies to measure ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... transparency between shareholders and company management. AMP Capital pointed to the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia as examples where institutional investors have outgrown individual investors and there are "strong requirements for disclosure ...