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Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... investments and monitor ongoing commitments. Helga Birgden At a global level, investors are putting more money towards impact investment J.P. Morgan and the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) recently released their third annual survey into the impact ...

Monitoring impact investing: the practitioner's perspective

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Concomitant with institutional investors developing their processes for evaluating and overseeing potential impact investments and fund managers in that sphere and working on appropriate benchmarks for measuring financial, social and environmental impacts ...

Michael Walsh hired as CEO of UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... Hunter Hall, where he served in a number of roles, including ethical analyst, risk manager and head of responsible investment research. He joined Hunter Hall in May 2008 as a non-executive director, a position he resigned from in October 2010 to take ...

ASrIA: US$74bn in sustainable investment assets in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Over 130 investment managers in Asia use sustainable investment approaches, and there is US$74bn of identified sustainable investment assets under management in the Asian region, according to a report from the Association for Sustainable and Responsible ...

A view on Woolworths' corporate responsibility report

JOSH DOWSE  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... are appropriately sustainable. If, as it seems, the report is as much for marketing and employee use as for ESG [3] investment analysts, it would be helpful to say what certified sustainable timber means, rather than just refer to the certifying website. ...

Climate Change Authority backs Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... decision-making process." Policy uncertainty is a risk factor that impacts on the availablity and cost of capital for investment in renewable energy projects, and the CCA's recommendations were also hailed by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). ...

Low Carbon Australia and CEFC to merge for 2013 launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... expected to be completed by 30 June, and, if all proceeds as planned, LCAL's portfolio will facilitate building the CEFC's investment pipeline. LCAL is an independent company established in 2010 by the Australian government and manages an AU$84.6m investment ...

NAB Asset Servicing developing ESG overlay tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank's custody and administration division is in the process of developing a responsible investment overlay tool that will provide superannuation fund trustees with a monthly report on the environmental, social and governance exposures ...

Mercer study to investigate shareholder loyalty rewards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... shareholders, but obviously asset owners are an important part of the chain," said Helga Birgden, head of responsible investment, Asia-Pacific at Mercer. "We're focusing at the company and shareholder relationship. However, asset owners should care because ...

Net Balance and ECO-Buy in sustainability service merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2012  |  NEWS
... around five areas - sustainability strategy and advice, climate change, environmental services, social and community investment and economics. The merger comes at a time where there is a global push from a variety of outlets to bring increased transparency ...