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Inalytics, PIRC find corporate governance, share price link

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... -4.3% relative return. The analysis between PIRC and Inalytics, which provide quantitative measurement of fund manager investment skill, has been several years in the making, said Amanda Field, managing director, Inalytics Australia. Because PIRC evaluates ...

GRI names Christianna Wood chairman of board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... chairman of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). She is CEO of Gore Creek Capital, and a former senior investment officer, global equity at the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS). "It is an incredibly important ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... support environmentally sustainable projects" the EBRD said in a statement. The proceeds from the bond will be used in investment in the EBRD's Green Project Portfolio. Morgan Stanley and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) were joint lead managers in ...

Northern Trust develops emerging markets low CO2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... factors, Northern Trust said. The fund is a new sub-fund of an existing Irish UCITS umbrella fund known as Northern Trust Investment Funds plc., and will be made available to other institutional investors in Europe in accordance with the UCITS Directive. ...

New co-op body to stress economic, social value of model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... there are some areas where prima facie, you want a profit motive, but you don't want the surplus then to reward the investment of capital because it takes the money out of the system," she said. "You create what's called the virtuous circle. We talk ...

Westpac, CBA raise $10 million for Benevolent Society SBB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Westpac Institutional Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and The Benevolent Society have raised AU$10 million for its social benefit bond (SBB). The funds raised by the SBB will go towards establishing The Resilient Families preservation service ...

Standard Life hires Amanda Young as head of SRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Standard Life Investments has appointed Amanda Young as Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI). Young comes to Standard Life Investments from Newton Investment Management. She is also a main board director of the UK Sustainable Investment ...

PRI launches new reporting framework for signatories

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have launched a new reporting framework that is designed to enhance the transparency of disclosures by asset owner and investment manager signatories. Signatories will be required to publicly report each ...

ACSI hire Gordon Hagart as new chief executive officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva, and played a key role in creating the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. "Australia has a world-class pension system, and has become a centre of excellence in integrating ESG issues into investment ...

Foresters Community Finance funding for early stage ventures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... CEO Foresters Community Finance. The fund was developed after Foresters set up its Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). Foresters was one of three fund managers selected by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations ...