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Investor groups publish climate change investment guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Ceres' Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) in North America, and ASrIA's Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC). The framework lines out four areas for institutional investors to focus ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... Trust's Dublin-domiciled UCITS fund range combines passive index strategies with ESG criteria and is available to investors in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. The fund range includes the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom ESG Equity Index ...

New Forests launches responsible investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... (ANZFF) and the Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF 2), valued at AU$2.2 billion at the end of 2014; the Tropical Asia Forest fund (TAFF), valued at US$170 million; the Eco Products Fund (EPF), and Forest Carbon Partners (FCP), both valued at ...

Abbot Point Port Expansion leads controversy list: RepRisk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... fourth, while the 2022 FIFA World Cup bid in Qatar was fifth. "The projects are based in North and South America, Eurasia, Asia and Australia, and span the extractive, leisure, industrial transportation and utility sectors," RepRisk said. "Out of the ...

bankmecu to participate in GABV bank investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... are located all around the world, and provide a variety of services in their local communities. "You have institutions in Asia, Africa, North and South America, and there are slightly different focuses depending on the institution," Walsh said. "There ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... considerations in their alternative asset investments, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Mercer and LGT Capital Partners recently conducted a global survey of institutional investors to investigate ...

ASIC issues report on payday lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... disclosure proposals on the goods rental/leasing side, and other proposals relating to interest rates as well. Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating ...

Increase in ASX board cultural diversity: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Cultural diversity on ASX-listed corporate boards has increased, but boardrooms do not yet reflect the broader Australian community, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity Council Australia DCA partnered ...

Investors to engage with payday lenders over practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... standards of mobile phones and the financial controls that apply in the payday lending sector." Recently, Credit Suisse's Asia Pacific/Australia Equity Research team authored a report examining various social, regulatory and governance issues relating ...

Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... 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 issues relating ...