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Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... increased by 59, which AODP partly attributed to tightening standards around transparency. "... AODP decided to remove credit in the ratings methodology for general policy commitments that in reality had no evidence of execution or implementation," the ...

Community 21 issues shares after phase one capital raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... launched late last year by Community Sector Banking. act. permits customers with transaction accounts, savings accounts, credit cards, personal loans and home loans, all issued by Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to allocate "impact dollars" - real dollars ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
New Forests has rolled out a first-ever responsible investment policy and reported total assets under management of AU$2.5 billion in its 2014 sustainability report. New Forests, a private sustainable real assets investment manager, also implemented ...

Experts evaluate ERF baseline mechanism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... baselines, the main vehicle for offsetting those liabilities is through the purchase and surrender of Australian Carbon Credit Units [ACCU], rather than international carbon credit units. However, there are compliance mechanisms that allow entities to ...

RobecoSAM launches 2015 assessment for DJSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM has launched the 2015 corporate sustainability assessment, its annual evaluation that is the basis for the construction of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). RobecoSAM has invited more than 3,400 of the largest companies, based on ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... said is an increase of approximately 125% since 2008, and means that payday lenders represent 0.4% of the total consumer credit market in Australia. By way of comparison, ASIC notes the payday lending industry in the United Kingdom "is estimated to be ...

Climate Bonds Initiative looks to China's green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... financial system - the report identifies the China Banking Regulatory Commission's Notice on Filing and Reporting in Green Credit Statistics Forms (2013) as the main relevant document of definitions for green investment that already exist in the Chinese ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... rates as well, Walsh added. "On the goods rental/leasing side, we're concerned that because goods rental/leasing is not a credit contract, there is the opportunity to have contracts cost disclosure and effective interest rates that would not comply in ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... services sector, but there are social and financial risks to the sector. Good Shepherd Microfinance CEO Adam Mooney Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... said. "We've found that while it's easy to switch to a fossil fuel free super product, or to a transaction account or a credit card from a bank that does not invest in fossil fuel products, it's not so easy to switch home loans to a fossil fuel free ...