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Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... AU$1 million fund "support organisations in delivering finance solutions for important social issues." The NAB Impact Investment Grants Program would provide financial support to social impact organisations that have a business model and are still preparing ...

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 ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics' products and people runs deep," said Gustitus. "With the increasing integration of ESG factors into mainstream investment decision-making and Sustainalytics' commitment to expanding and enhancing its product suite, we are well positioned ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... institutional investors to reduce their portfolio carbon exposures without drastically increasing tracking error or reducing investment returns, according to MSCI. executive director, global head of ESG research, MSCI MSCI has recently launched its ESG ...

KPMG proposes framework to analyse externalities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The disconnect between corporate and societal value is disappearing, and companies are 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 ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... trend. "The globalisation of financial markets means investors are all looking to the same pool of opportunities for investment and therefore companies are increasingly competing for the same pool of capital," said Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... there is a recognition of the need to fund capacity and talent, and clear long-term measures such as social return on investment do already exist. "Of course, we understand that the challenge of measurement is different and more difficult in the social ...

DJSI 2014 review names ASX companies industry leaders

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) as S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM announce the results of the 2013 DJSI review. CBA was one of the largest additions to the DJSI this year, with Dow Jones ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development Bank (ADB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and World Bank Group (WBG) released a joint statement in which they ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... mainly driven by an increase in the implementation and measurement score, which rose by 23%. "The need for reliable, investment grade data continues to increase with the advent of capital market interest in the topic of energy efficiency and sustainability ...