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Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... hard to bench mark that in the marketplace because it's apples and oranges." Returns are pegged to the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate, Drew said. "On average, the returns sit between the 4% and 6.5% mark," she said "A lot of our returns are ...

Number of women on boards climbs slowly, ACSI finds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The number of women directors in the ASX100 continued to climb slowly in 2010, accounting for 26% of new non-executive directors and 12.2% of all directors, up from 11.1% in 2009, according to research by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors ...

Miscommunication hampers institutional vote engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... the process. "I don't believe that there is an issue with directors," Argus said. "I think by and large directors in Australia go out of their way to talk to individual shareholders as much as they possibly can. Where it breaks down, is where an investment ...

Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... seminars in London about the legislation and said that there was interest from banks and investors about investing in Australia. "There was a lot of interest in that," he said. "Actually, I think you'll see a lot of overseas inters in participating in ...

Analysing the link between women directors and corporate returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... candidates, and women on multiple boards, these women can be more choosey and picking and choosing more successful companies." Australia isn't the only country to experience this phenomenon. According to a series of studies conducted by non-profit Catalyst ...

Christian Super allocates $6m to social enterprise fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... organisations." The federal government is also providing AU$6m to Social Enterprise Solutions. Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) was selected as the other fund manager SEDIF Foresters' appointment as SEDIF manager was announced in August. "This ...

ASX500 companies increase number of women on boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
An analysis of ASX500 companies shows that there are 235 women holding 307 directorship positions, and 233 companies have at least one woman on board. The research note authored by the Reibey Institute noted that women hold 9.5% of ASX500 board positions ...

Miners, stakeholders agree to actions in Upper Hunter Valley

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... American, Ashton Coal, BHP Billiton Mt Arthur Coal, Bloomfield Colliery, Coal & Allied, Muswellbrook Coal, Peabody Energy Australia, Vale Australia - Integra Coal Operations, and Xstrata Coal. As a result of the survey, the NSWMC, miners, community stakeholders ...

Systemic fault jeopardises proxy vote integrity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... result of changes in the number of shares owned by the fund over that 30 day period. But more than four years later, as Australia heads into another voting season, the proposals have withered on the vine. "There have been some market developments, but ...

Consumers doubt energy retailers' "green" credentials

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... of view, does that mean that Australians would support more nuclear mining and would they support nuclear energy in Australia?"