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PRI to target water risk in agricultural supply chains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has opened a new initiative and will focus on engaging with 54 companies around the world that have water risk exposure in their agricultural supply chain. Fiona Reynolds, UN PRI managing director The agriculture ...

Oncologist leads drive for tobacco stock divestment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... tobacco stocks overall. Dr Bronwyn King, radiation oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, founder, Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative Dr Bronwyn King is a radiation oncologist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Epworth Healthcare. She has also ...

RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... demand for responsible investments is beginning to rise for the first time in a decade, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RIAA has released its 2014 Benchmark Report, the 13 th annual report ...

JANA: Majority of fixed income managers consider ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... majority of global fixed income managers say they consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment process, according to a survey by JANA. Steven Carew, head of investment research and outcomes, JANA JANA received responses ...

CEFC, CFSGAM to establish clean energy infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... the initial cornerstone investor to the CFS Australian Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund, a wholesale infrastructure investment fund that will invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency or low emissions technology. CFSGAM will seek to raise a further ...

Mercer research surveys governance at superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... realise the benefits of good governance practice, and take the opportunity to engage with stakeholders around issues like investment beliefs, remuneration philosophy, even effective board performance. These things are quite fledgling in their development ...

Financial System Inquiry addresses impact investment market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... decade. Amid the four hundred-plus pages of the report is a three-page section that outlines barriers to increased investment in impact investments and solicits additional feedback. Sandy Blackburn-Wright, IMPACT Investing Australia Industry experts ...

Universe of climate-linked bonds expands to US$502.6bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... capture where those investments are made. There is a lot of room in the energy space to capture - there is a lot of investment that's happening in energy." The report considers bonds issued after 1 January 2005 and which remain outstanding as of 10 June ...

Quantifying intangible assets to manage, drive company value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... companies," Dowse said. "When there's a transaction involved, a takeover or merger or some other corporate transaction, the investment banks put in the time to value the intangibles and negotiate a price. But that analysis rarely comes up in the day-to-day ...

ARENA commits AU$18.5m to Energy Developments project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... funding will be used to fund ENE's project assessment, while subsequent commitment s are predicated on ENE's final investment decision, execution of project agreements and satisfaction of other conditions, ENE said in an ASX release. "ENE is the market ...