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Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Conference, which Noble provided to The Sustainability Report. "... The global understanding of the megatrends I have described has led pension funds to allocate investment to farmland. Funds that are investing include US TIAA-CREF, Swedish AP2 and AP3 ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... management consultancy Nous Group, and managing director of Gillian McFee and Associates. The task force's secretariat is led by Hems, a director at Net Balance and Dhakshy Sooriyakumaran, an associate at Net Balance and secretary for PSM Task Force. ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... new area for AXA IM and there are a number of factors such as cost and the amount of time it takes to go direct that have led us to this approach," he said. "Also, we want to be cautious about moving the overall market at this early stage in the sector's ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... non-financial information using some technique, and 89% said that some non-financial information over the last 12 months has led to a change in their investment. That's a statistic to me that is indicative - this information is influencing investment. ...

ESG integration into quantitative investment management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... standard index with low tracking error." The rise in interest in bringing ESG factors into quantitative management techniques has led AXA Rosenberg, the quantitative investment arm of AXA IM, to test the impact of ESG integration by creating a model ...

Senate rejects CPM repeal, business calculates liabilities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... (CPM) and replace it with the Direct Action Plan (DAP). The House of Representatives, which is held by the Liberal Coalition led by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, had passed the government's Clean Energy (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill, but in the Senate, the ...

Mercer: ESG as source of innovation in shifting economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... Australia, plus the nature of financial and non-financial reporting in the Australian listed markets as two factors that have led to Australia being more sophisticated in evaluating ESG issues. "Those factors have led to these issues being discussed ...

BCCM forms task force to examine public service delivery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... management consultancy Nous Group, and managing director of, Gillian McFee and Associates. The task force's secretariat will be led by Les Hems, a director at Net Balance and Dhakshy Sooriyakumaran, an associate at Net Balance and Secretary for PSM Task ...

Interest spurs new developments in social enterprise funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014  |  NEWS
... bonds were developed by an intermediary body, while the NSW bonds have been initiated by government and developed by consortia led by the not-for-profits that are using the capital, supported by organisations using a special purpose vehicle. The other ...

ICGN names Kerrie Waring managing director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... Governance Network (ICGN) has named Kerrie Waring managing director. Kerrie Waring, managing director, ICGN ICGN is an investor-led organistion of governance professionals, with members in more than 50 countries, including institutional investors with ...