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Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... come into the market to carry that and that to take a much longer-term view, there needs to be investors to put serious money on the table. They're not interested in a 15-20 year time horizon. They would be very interested in a three-year investment ...

Women only 19% of superannuation fund trustee boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... "Women are grossly under-represented on fund trustee boards, which makes no sense at all given super funds are managing money on behalf of all members, not just male members," said Alex Dunnin, director of research at Rainmaker. "Surely super funds can ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... governments. Both aspects of PWYP's campaign could serve to improve transparency and understanding of how companies spend their money as well as harmonising Australia with other markets, said Claire Spoors, PWYP Australia coordinator. "In terms of the ...

IGCC and others launch second global investor survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... Global Investor Survey will provide information on where institutional investors are putting their members and clients' money to position for climate change and will provide many important insights to the investment industry, governments and companies." ...

Corporate Social Responsibility as driver of innovation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... their work in their communities. "[SEDIF] is an initiative with two clear objectives that we set forth - to provide more money for social enterprises at the right time to help them grow and develop their business, and more options for the way they can ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... without disclosing specific holdings, Vamos said. "The other reason to disclose is to allow members to understand where their money is and make choices," Vamos said. "Is a list of every single security the fund owns the best way to do it? No. To present ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... on investors' agendas as they engage with their invested companies on governance issues. To give scope on the amount of money companies accessed through capital raisings, approximately AU$100bn was raised S&P/ASX 200 entities in 2008 and 2009 through ...

NAB funds Melbourne building environmental upgrade agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... the things we're working on is demonstrating more clearly to consultants and contractors how this mechanism unlocks new money to [their] customers - the building owners- by targeting tenancy upgrades as well as how building owners can upgrade their buildings." ...

Environmental Upgrade Agreements vehicle for green investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... levied on the building by the local council. The council then collects this charge and passes it back to the financier. "The money is to be mobilised towards retrofit projects that deliver environmental and social outcomes, and the city can use its ratings ...

Perpetual creating dashboard ESG reports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... really need to demonstrate is part of making active decisions is caring about the future decisions companies make and putting money in successful companies," Berrutti said. "We have a role as stewards as investors. That's where the value proposition ...