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Investors demanding better corporate ESG disclosure: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are increasingly using companies' non-financial disclosures in their decision making process, but nearly two thirds of respondents to an EY survey said that companies do not adequately disclose material environmental, social ...

China "grown into" role as climate change leader

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... the lack of strong commitments after the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (COP 15), he said. "To recall, only five, six years ago, China was criticised for the failure of Copenhagen," he said. "Remember, back then, China was criticised as holding ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... being safely returned to their families. The bond funds the maintenance of existing centres, and the planned expansion of six more centres in New South Wales. "There are two key features as we have undertaken the second year of the program - there is ...

NZ Super Fund releases PRI report, assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... since 2011, the fund said. PRI signatories are required to publicly report each year on their implementation of the PRI's six principles across a wide range of asset classes and investment activities, including voting and engagement; manager selection ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... because of the customer demographic in its absolute sense now, but we are also expecting higher demand in the next five or six years as well." One in six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account ...

CDP, South Pole Group to conduct water security assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... significant milestone for the program. We are proud to be working with South Pole Group as our lead water scoring partner. Covering six continents, South Pole Group brings both a global perspective, as well as rich local knowledge. It is the ideal partner ...

Regnan reorganises ownership structure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... nimble in service provision. BT Investment Management and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation now jointly own the firm. The six previous owners included Hermes Equity Ownership Services, Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC), VicSuper, HESTA ...

Swiss Re hedges wind risk for Infigen Energy wind farms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has written a wind risk hedge for a portfolio of wind farms owned by Infigen Energy, covering six locations in three states and an excess of 500 megawatts of capacity. Jamie Summons, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Head of ...

ANZ issues $600m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... That's how we identified the current assets we had, as well as through the CBI and the verification process as well." Forty-six investors participated in the green bond, more than double the usual number of investors for a deal of this size, White said. ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance receives $33m federal funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... people. This will go a long way to reach the target of one million people experiencing financial hardship by 2018." One in six, or 3.1 million adult Australians, is financially excluded and unable to access a bank account, small credit or insurance policy ...