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Business, investors get certainty as carbon package passes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
The passage of the government's Clean Energy Future Legislation by the lower house of Parliament on Wednesday means businesses and investors have certainty around the carbon pricing regime and can plan accordingly for launch on 1 July 2012. Grant Anderson ...

Microfinance a source of financial and social return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
Microfinance - the provision of provision of financial services such as loans to entrepreneurs in emerging market countries - has existed for at least 30 years. But in the past decade, microfinance has moved from being solely the remit of non-profits ...

Companies increasing remuneration report transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
More companies are increasing their transparency and engagement to explain remuneration practices, a result of the government's new "two strikes and you're out" test empowering shareholders to dump a board of directors, according to AMP Capital Investors. ...

Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The New South Wales-based Local Government Super (LGS) manages nearly AU$6bn in assets with 100,000 members, including 60,000 employees working for local government or related employers throughout NSW and 40,000 former local government employees. It ...

ASX100 CEO pay increases faster than stock value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
The salaries of ASX100 CEOs increased 131% and the median bonus increased 190% in the first decade of this century, while the stock value of the same ASX100 companies only increased 31%, according to research by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Skilled labour shortage potentially increases corporate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
A shortage in skilled labour in a number of Australian industry sectors means that companies' human capital management (HCM) programmes are an important component in risk management, according to a report by Regnan Governance Research. Skills shortage ...

Institutional investors begin analysis of carbon tax impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Now that the government has announced its carbon mitigation scheme, institutional investors and their advisers are weighing how the proposals will impact on their assets and decisions going forward. As outlined Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the proposed ...

Investor Profile: Victorian Funds Management Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
The AU$36.1bn Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is a public authority that provides investment and funds management services to Victorian public bodies. VFMC reports to the treasurer of Victoria via the Department of Treasury and Finance. ...

Benchmarking superannuation funds' sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2011  |  NEWS
Much work is being performed around the world and in Australia by investors, collaborate bodies and financial services firms to seek frameworks with commonly accepted metrics to benchmark companies' sustainability performances with the ultimate goal ...

Mercer: providing education and intervention on ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011  |  NEWS
Bringing ESG risk/reward considerations to institutional investors such as superannuation funds is a matter of "intervention" and education for investment consultant Mercer, which has a specialist ESG team that produces research and develops strategies ...