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SIRIS placed into administration, company confirms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Independent sustainability research firm the Sustainable Investment Research Institute (SIRIS) has been put administration, the company confirms. "We've been trying for about 18 months to find what we've referred to as a strategic investor, where what ...

Q&A with Michael Walsh, UCA Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... counselor have developed a model where they initially engage with companies and later offer consulting services to assist with credit management practices. This is basically about being more patient on unpaid bills, identifying people in financial stress ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
For equities fund manager Dalton Nicol Reid, integrating environmental, social and governance information into their investment process is part of the task of finding quality companies in which to invest. Jamie Nicol, CIO of Dalton Nicol Reid Dalton ...

Community Sector Banking to extend microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... the western Kimberley region and also with Nahri in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales. CDFI is a micro-credit program that provides loans at a commercial rate of interest, rather than a no interest loans (NILS) program. "In this case ...

Government allocates additional funds for microfinance pilot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... pilot funding. Community Sector Banking is a specialist banking provider for the not-for-profit sector and also has a micro-credit and financial literacy program that provides small loans and training to people that are excluded from mainstream banking ...

AXA IM brings ESG metrics to fixed income portfolio analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has developed a strategy that applies environmental, social and governance metrics to assess countries' creditworthiness and risks and opportunities in sovereign debt portfolios. Matt Christensen The approach is outlined ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... investors can be thin. "The liquidity isn't bad - it's not as liquid as, say, pure government bonds, but it's more liquid than credit," McCrum said. "The main issue isn't liquidity - it's that the issuance in places like Sweden and Japan is more retail ...

Banco Fie joins Global Alliance for Banking on Values

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... (GABV). GABV is an organization of sustainable banks from around the world, including microfinance banks in emerging markets, credit unions, community banks and sustainable banks financing social, environmental and cultural enterprise. The group has ...

Norton Rose launches clean energy law service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
Legal practice Norton Rose has launched Clean Energy Law in Australia, an online subscription service that provides commentary on commonwealth laws covering the clean energy industry. Elisa de Wit Norton Rose has also published a book of the same name ...

VicSuper integrates governance risk into bond portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
VicSuper has developed a new benchmark index for its passive international fixed interest portfolio that integrates sovereign risk criteria evaluating countries for their willingness and ability to repay debt. Ronan Walsh, VicSuper The AU$9.8bn public ...