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Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... James, CEO of Teachers Mutual Bank, in a statement. LBG has recently published its Australia and New Zealand Annual Benchmark Review and its global review. The LBG is the global standard for measuring and benchmarking corporate community investment. ...

NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... investment transactions per year, the policy also commits to publishing social impact investment principles, publishing benchmark cost and outcomes data, delivering a social impact investment statement of opportunities, holding a series of social impact ...

Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... responsible investments is predicted to grow in 2015, continuing to build off of gains in 2014. According to RIAA's 2014 Benchmark Report, public demand for "core responsible investments" has increased to 2.3% of total assets under management, an increase ...

GRESB appoints two non-executive directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) has appointed representatives from Norges Bank Investment Management and NAREIT as non-executive directors to its board. Mie Holstad, Chief Administrative Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management ...

The Sustainability Report's top articles of 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
As we look ahead to what 2015 brings to Australian corporate sustainability and responsible investment, here's a look back at some of the most popular articles of 2014 on The Sustainability Report. The list includes increased ESG corporate disclosure ...

Asia investments in sustainable strategies hit US$44.9B: ASrIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... across the region are still relatively small. According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) 2014 Benchmark Report, total funds under management in Australia and New Zealand in broad responsible investment for 2013 stands at AU$153 ...

Altius Asset Management launches sustainable bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... the perspective of the sustainability policy, then we would see it as part of the investment universe." Altius is a benchmark-unaware investor, so the tilts that appear in the Altius Sustainable Bond fund are not a tracking error concern, Bovingdon said. ...

Boards more diverse, but ACSI calls for more "skin in the game"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... company." Hagart differentiated the need for directors with holdings that are "overweight relative to an index tracker benchmark" and large minority shareholdings of company founders or major investors that can pose challenges for board composition. ...

Barclays, MSCI launch green bond index series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... US$30-40bn of green bonds will be issued this year, increasing to around US$100bn next year," said Brian Upbin, head of benchmark index research at Barclays. "The Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index family should prove to be an extremely useful tool for issuers ...

Demand for responsible investments a call to action: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... doing and the products that are offered, I think we could be looking at a substantial increase in demand. This year's benchmark report indicated quite a sizeable step-up in demand, albeit off a very low base. "... I do think there's an element here that's ...