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Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). That figure includes both owner-occupied home loans as well as loans for investment properties. Of that AU$1.3 trillion, the big four banks - National Australia Bank, ANZ Bank, Westpac and Commonwealth ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... sustainable market now stands at US$21.4 trillion, a growth of 61% since 2012, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIR) 2014. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The GSIR 2014 is the second report into the size and characteristics of the global ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson, director, Frontier Carbon Limited, and head, Climate Market Investment Association for Australia, NZ, Singapore, Indonesia The ERF is the centrepiece of the Direct Action Plan (DAP) policy passed ...

VFMC to divest from tobacco holdings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... "ESSSuper Accumulation Fund will require any parties, which manage money on its behalf via mandates, to expressly prohibit investment in primary producers of tobacco products." ESSSuper also noted that removing tobacco exposures "will not materially ...

Gordon Hagart to leave ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Nations Environment Program in Geneva, where he played a key role in creating the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment. ACSI has begun a search process for Hagart's replacement. Hagart will stay until Easter to facilitate a smooth transfer. ...

Queensland Investment Corporation joins GRESB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has joined the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), ahead of the organisation's 2015 survey launch. QIC has more than AU$74 billion in assets under management and more than AU$10 billion invested ...

South Australia one step closer to building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... legislation in the City of Melbourne and in New South Wales. It is part of an AU$1.9 million election commitment to drive investment in sustainable commercial buildings in South Australia, according to the office of Climate Change Minister Ian Hunter. ...

Towers Watson outlines framework for fossil fuel risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... over fossil fuel investments and the risks of stranded assets by outlining a framework for response, embedded in the investment decision making process. Nick Kelly, investment consultant, Towers Watson "We often say to clients, this is the decision ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank spent 4.55% of pre-tax profits on community investment in the last financial year, making the bank a global leader, according to the 2014 London Benchmarking Group (LBG). The 4.55% figure is AU$1.67 million of pre-tax profits for ...

RIAA reviewing responsible investment certification program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) is reviewing its certification program with the goal of making adjustments to reflect the growing interest in responsible investment products, fund managers and investment advisers. Simon O'Connor ...