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Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... the survey, around 40% of the respondents said they are already investing using responsible investment principles, with total assets in such investments worth $59 billion. One-in-five firms said they are now committing at least 50% of their firms' assets ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... invested in wind projects via its commitments to green bonds and equity funds. Since the CEFC began investing in 2013, a total of 44 wind projects have been built or reached financial close in Australia. Those projects amount to just over 6GW of new ...

Australian Millennials question business motivations, ethics: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Statistics in 2001/2002, over 80% of Australian companies provided staff training. Those who did spent around 2% of their total wages bill, on average, on training and education, according to Stacey Edmonds, Future of Learning leader and partner at Deloitte. ...

Australian Ethical Investment opens 2018 community grants program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Investment has opened its 2018 community grants program and is inviting organisations to apply for a portion of the $300,000 in total to be awarded. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director Australian Ethical donates 10% of its annual ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... on organisations to be environmentally responsible. Finally, it is anticipated that by 2060, the industry will double its total global surface area, with the addition of over 230 billion square metres (sqm). This will have a large impact on the volume ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... companies had announced US$76 billion in corporate buybacks. There is not a lot of research on a link between share buybacks and total shareholder return or long-term corporate strategy. MSCI has recently conducted an analysis of US listed companies ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... National Greenhouse Gas Inventory, which found that "infrastructure-related emissions account for more than half Australia's total greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from the electricity sector (35%) and the transport sector (18%). The CEFC estimates that ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... transparency to the Environment, Social and Governance bond market, unlocking additional funding for development." IFC has issued a total of eight social bonds in public and private markets across four different currencies, amounting to a total volume ...

Nearly half of all board appointments to date in 2018 women: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... advocacy, AICD Women made up 47% of ASX200 board appointments in the first two months of 2018, up from 36% in 2017. The total percentage of women in ASX200 board position stands at 26.7%, against an AICD target of 30% by the end of 2018. The AICD was ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Protection Fund," according to BLF's website. At the end of 2016, the last annual report available on the website, BLF had a total of NT$3.3451 trillion in assets under management.