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QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... the US market, and noted that the investment satisfies their US exposure in that area. "We definitely had part of the mandate as needing to fill a US exposure, but we are also interested in Australia and New Zealand as well," he said. "As a QIC principle ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... as a metric of value creation. The AU$575m Christian Super superannuation fund has selected Triodos for a microfinance mandate, and has made an AU$6m commitment to a social enterprise fund run by Brisbane-based Foresters Community Finance. Even though ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Asset Management has been selected by Skandia Investment Group (SIG) to manage the US$350m Skandia Global Equity Fund mandate. SIG selected Five Oceans Asset Management for three broad reasons, including the firm's high conviction portfolio, their "effective" ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
One of Japan's largest public pension plans will use the MSCI Japan ESG Index as the benchmark for a passive mandate, according to MSCI. The National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel, which has more than JPY 8tr in assets ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
As the federal government announced that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will be located in Sydney, financial and investment institutions look to the CEFC's form and function as much as its location. The AU$10bn CEFC is expected to commence ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
The Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) is moving ahead, having recently approved a fourth procedure to measure and calculate emissions reductions. But legal experts note that there are several areas under discussion associated with the set-up and establishment ...

MSCI launches ESG ratings for sovereign bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a sovereign ratings tool designed to identify a country's exposure to and management of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk factors. MSCI ESG Sovereign Ratings provide an overall sustainability assessment of 90 countries ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... lead to sub-optimal allocations on their part." At this point, it is naturally unclear how the CEFC will implement its mandate - either as a direct investor with a suitable internal investment team to handle the due diligence and monitoring that brings ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... Carbon Australia is providing finance on some EUA projects and also serves to monitor and report on projects as part of its mandate as a government body. "Our role is to be an impartial third party," said Meg McDonald, CEO of Low Carbon Australia. "We're ...

David Bradbury announces inquiry on future of the AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... period closes 14 December. "To date, Australia's approach to corporate social responsibility reporting has been not to mandate any one system," Bradbury said in his speech. "The emergence of the IIRC has not changed this. However, we are aware that stakeholders ...