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Carbon footprint impacts on company share price: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... idea, how can it help us be more nuanced in our valuation of companies," McDonald said. "When we hear about investment policy especially h how it relates to blanket divestment of certain industry lines or business lines, I guess our first thought is ...

Victorian government to pilot social impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... private money." See Also: Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot NSW develops first social impact investment policy

New Forests launches ESG investment performance framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... [then] made it basically impossible to progress those projects." See Also: New Forests launches responsible investment policy

Senate inquiry to examine carbon risk disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... unaware of how the shift to a climate-safe economy will challenge many of the old assumptions behind financial and investment policy." The time is right for a "stocktake" of current practice, Herd of IGCC said. "Many countries have begun introducing ...

RIAA calls for actions to create responsible financial markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Stronger Super changes and the changes to the trustee covenants and the requirements for trustees to have an investment policy and look at the risks in their policy and carry out regular reviews, there's an emerging view... it's no longer about just ...

Newpin social benefit bond returns 8.9% in second year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... bringing two new social impact investment transactions to market per year as part of a ten-point social impact investment policy announced this week. NSW is the first state in Australia to articulate a policy for social impact investment. As part of ...

Queensland commits $3m to social benefit bond pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... becomes, how do you structure a financial instrument around that." See Also: NSW develops first social impact investment policy Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

Experts warn of trustees' climate change litigation risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... answer to that is yes, then you need to start considering the strategic implications. What does that mean for our investment policy? How does that translate down to our asset allocations, our manager mandates? - all the way down the investment chain. ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
New Forests has rolled out a first-ever responsible investment policy and reported total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... this time. UCA Funds Management excludes investment in Cash Converters and Thorn Group as part of their ethical investment policy, Walsh said. "When we started this process, we had Thorn Group and Cash Converters as excluded companies," Walsh said. "We ...