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Australian Ethical management survive general meeting vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... ourselves in the sales and marketing team. We have also been going through quite a lot of evolution in relation to our investment team, not necessarily changing the investment team, but, over a number of years, the rating agencies have said that they ...

Farmers, land managers examine Carbon Farming Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... farmers, forestry developers and landfill operators, three areas are causing potential developers from committing to the investment necessary to start: concerns over the technological resources need to implement and oversee a CFI project, concerns over ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... a fixed interest portfolio," but a lack of issuance depth is a challenge for institutional investors, according to investment consultants Mercer. A recent Mercer report comments on rates green bonds' structure and risk/return characteristics, as well ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... increased statutory charges brings risk to the project. See Also: Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

Investor Profile: Five Oceans Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... listed global equities. The company has integrated environmental, social and corporate governance analysis into its investment process since its 2005 inception. Ross Youngman, CEO and Kim Tracey, portfolio manager, speak with The Sustainability Report ...

SEFA selects Queensland social enterprise for first loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations to administer the AU$20m Social Enterprise Development and Investment Fund (SEDIF). SEDIF was established to improve social enterprises' access to finance to help them grow their business and ...

AGL Energy, First Solar granted $130m for solar project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... new Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The federal government will also provide AU$40.7m under the Education Investment Fund to the University of Queensland and University of New South Wales to conduct related research. The NSW Government has ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
Omega Global Investors is a specialist fixed income investment manager based in Melbourne. Omega received a nearly AU$170m mandate from the nearly AU$6bn Local Government Super superannuation fund to implement a global government bond strategy that ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Capital said. Environmental, social and governance factors are considered by the infrastructure team as part of their investment process. The infrastructure team "does consider ESG matters in the project due diligence stage and in the operational phase ...

LGS ESG sovereign debt strategy includes green bond tilt

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... or climate themed bonds. Bill Hartnett The nearly AU$6bn LGS has awarded the government bonds mandate to specialist investment manager Omega Global Investors. LGS is also using external research provider MSCI's MSCI ESG research for sovereign ratings. ...