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Valuing environmental services as source of risk and return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... These include industries that are clearly very prominent in the Australian economy - agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture, retail and tourism. There are immense impacts on coral reefs due to among others overexploitation and pollution. The tourism industry ...

Superannuation funds aware of ESG macro-impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... mainstream, Domagala said. Institutional clients are requesting "ESG cognisance" as part of the investment mandate, while retail researchers and platforms are showing interest in how Solaris integrates ESG into their investment process, Domagala said ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund invests in Swanston St retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2012  |  NEWS
... Swanston Street, which will result in the reduction of approximately 285 tonnes of CO2-e per year. The building is used for retail and commercial purposes. It is the first agreement with an owners corporation, an ownership structure that has traditionally ...

Investors alert to possible Metcash poker machine move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
With retailer Woolworths Limited facing a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) over a move to change the company's constitution to limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 maximum bets, another distributor, Metcash, faced media allegations ...

Shareholders to face activist lobbying on Woolworths vote

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Shareholders in retailer Woolworths Limited will be asked at a November extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to vote on a motion demanding the company limit the poker machines they own to AU$1 bets. GetUp, the activist group behind the campaign to curb ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental mission with a similar profile to standard debt instruments, covering treasury-style bonds, treasury-style retail offerings "involving a coupon linked to carbon credits or green indexes" and asset-backed securities tied to "green" infrastructure ...

Women make gains on corporate boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... from 20.4% in 2011. Corporate superannuation fund increased their representation of women on boards by 5% over 2011, with retail funds showing a smaller increase, but industry and public sector funds have shown declines in the percentage of trustee positions ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... As an example of that, recently, NAB, Good Shepherd Microfinance and the Victorian state government launched an AU$7.8m retail project to provide access to microfinance products, financial counselling and other services to financially excluded people ...

Fund management bodies oppose ASX share placements proposal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... represents 39 profit-for-members superannuation funds with a collective AU$350bn in assets under management, and FSC represents retail and wholesale fund management businesses, superannuation funds, life insurers and financial advisory networks.

Low Carbon Australia finances $1.6m Ipswich building upgrade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
Low Carbon Australia has helped finance the $1.6m upgrade of a 7,000 square metre office and retail building in Ipswich, Queensland. The redevelopment of Trident's Limestone Street Centre featured upgrades to lighting, air-conditioning and a building ...