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Investors apply ethical screens to cash management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... have either made a commitment to be fossil fuel free in their lending, or who don't lend to fossil fuel projects by the nature of their business model," he said. In March of this year, Teachers Mutual Bank released a statement clarifying that their sustainability ...

Lonsec: responsible investment equity funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... Sweeney told The Sustainability Report. "A lot of the ASX has had a resources component for a while, and these funds by their nature tend to be either excluding resources or significantly underweight resources. That segment has struggled the last two ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Investment) ratio greater than one and not be leveraged above an LTV of 80 among other standards," he said. "Also, the nature of the property tax collection system and process in New York State - and other states with some variations - and legal framework ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... African Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA). The papers consider "the nature of assurance and how different mechanisms contribute to credibility and trust; methodology issues dealing with, for example ...

ARENA fund Laing O'Rourke redeployable solar hybrid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... of the barriers to usage of solar power on short- and medium-term projects such as mining operations is the "permanent nature of fixed framed solar installations," ARENA said. "The plant will consist of transport-friendly container-sized modules, including ...

Business begins unwinding of carbon tax arrangements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... result in average household savings of AU$550 per year is that the figure is not expected to result because of the indirect nature of price flow-throughs. "The carbon price has been in for two years, and to some extent the price has been, if you like ...

Superannuation fund investments will shape future economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... and being passive to the environment around you is not an option." Inflection Point's target client base will global in nature, targeting sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other large institutional investors, he said. Inflection Point is not ...

ASIC guide widens scope of risk, future prospect disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... risks could affect the entity's achievement of its financialperformance or outcomes disclosed, taking into account the nature and business of the entity and its business strategy," the ASIC guide said. " For example, environmental risks that may affect ...

Norton Rose Fulbright: trustees must consider climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... a watching brief in relation to climate change, and from a risk perspective, they should be educating themselves on the nature of the risk and the probability of those risks manifesting themselves in terms of negative impacts in the value of their portfolios," ...

Combining quality measures with ESG can yield higher returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... an ESG metric doesn't look necessarily at the balance sheet of a company in relation to the cash flows, things of that nature that are often looked at in quality measures, much like the quality measures of Northern Trust." There is a growing use of environmental ...