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Mercer hires Alexis Cheang to Responsible Investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Mercer has hired Alexis Cheang as a senior responsible investment consultant within Mercer's Responsible Investment team. Cheang is based in Sydney and will work with Mercer's investment clients "in helping them implement Mercer's recently launched ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... superannuation funds are "potentially great partners" to invest in farmland, but illiquidity concerns are one barrier to investment, according to Gordon Noble, senior portfolio analyst and regional strategist at Inflection Point Capital Management (IPCM). ...

CEFC provides finance to New Energy Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... commercial success and benefits that other financiers can follow." This AU$50 million senior debt finance takes CEFC's total investment in waste-to-energy projects to more than AU$150 million and accelerates over AU$400 million of private sector investment. ...

Foresters Community Finance, InterFinancial to partner

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... website. As part of the agreement, InterFinancial acquired shares in Foresters' funds management subsidiary, Social Investment Australia (SIA). The partnership with InterFinancial is "the first phase" in a broader capital strategy to expand Foresters' ...

Northern Trust ESG index range crosses US$1 billion mark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... incorporates the fund's environmental, social and governance (ESG) screens. "We are delighted to see such a landmark investment in our European fund family," said Mamadou-Abou Sarr, senior investment strategist at Northern Trust Asset Management, based ...

UCA Funds Management release 2013 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... management grew by 10% to more than AU$900 million last year and will register their retail funds as registered managed investment schemes, according to their 2013 annual report. Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management CEO UCA Funds Management said the 10% ...

PRI coalition calls for improved palm oil practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
A coalition of signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has called on palm oil producers to improve practices with the aim of "decoupling palm oil production from deforestation." The PRI's Sustainable Palm Oil Investor Working ...

AMP Capital lists fossil fuel exclusions for RIL funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... list of companies exposed to the most emissions-intensive fossil fuels that they will exclude from their Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) funds range. Ian Woods, AMP Capital RIL is a range of fund of funds with a long-term investment strategy that ...

KPMG finds companies invest $12.2bn in social programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... new global report by KPMG International. Chi Woo, KPMG Australia partner KPMG's report, Unlocking the value of social investment, reviewed corporate reports issued in 2012-2013 by the 10 largest global companies in 10 industry sectors - automotive, chemicals ...

Westpac reports progress on sustainability targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... 2017. In the sustainability strategy, Westpac also committed to making up to AU$6 billion available for lending and investment in clean tech and environmental services across the business, and the bank reported that AU$4.0 billion had been made available ...