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LGS appoint two to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has made to appointments to its investment committee, after reviewing its governance framework. LGS CEO Peter Lambert Local Government Super has hired Bev Durston and Robert Swift. In their new roles, they will assist the ...

Northern Trust to open asset management in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... market," Singh said. "We are going to focus on the classic passive and ESG customised solutions for [socially responsible investment] mandates, and we will also focus on engineered equity as well. The timing is right, the asset servicing business has ...

Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Ed. note: Revised to include comment from The Emerald Club co-founder Justin Medcalf Instreet Investment, a boutique structured product provider, has bought the Emerald Club and its ethical platform, The Emerald Wrap. Instreet did not have a presence ...

Green bond issuance hits US$36.6 billion for 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... development bank issuance from Germany's KfW, France's AFD and Netherland's NWB Bank and "veterans" - the European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD, World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). ...

The Global Impact Investment Network Appoints new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has appointed Amit Bouri as chief executive officer. Amit Bouri, CEO, the Global Impact Investing Network Bouri is a co-founder of the GIIIN and commenced work at the GIIN in early January of this year. The ...

Foresters Community Finance appoint new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... CEO," said Paul Keehan, Foresters chair. Foresters Community Finance and subsidiary funds management company Social Investment Australia - which is co-owned by InterFinancial Corporate Finance - has invested more than AU$16 million in property and business ...

GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has appointed representatives from Norges Bank Investment Management and NAREIT as non-executive directors to its board. Mie Holstad, Chief Administrative Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
As we look ahead to what 2015 brings to Australian corporate sustainability and responsible investment, here's a look back at some of the most popular articles of 2014 on The Sustainability Report. The list includes increased ESG corporate disclosure ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, Suncorp pilot microinsurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... mover. The Achilles heel for the insurance market has been the ability to price the product and see what the return on investment is. We've encouraged Suncorp to see this in the medium to long-term as something that will contribute to their bottom line ...

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... resources. Superannuation funds are not partisan political participants in the way that elected politicians are, but funds' investment activities are impacted by politics, policy and sovereign risk concerns, and they, in turn, impact on the political ...