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SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... finance the acquisition of the property, the refurbishment of that property, and MiHaven are also subdividing the land and building a new property, and we've funded that part of it as well." SEFA's financing for King St Haven will go towards the purchase ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... to US$8tr by 2030. The study, which has been initiated, will be published in the first quarter of 2015, Mercer said. "Building on the 2011 study, we now have the opportunity to both update the scenario parameters with new information and model the risk ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... construction concepts of risk and return. It is part of the conversation, but doesn't dominate the conversation." In building the ESG SmartBeta strategy, AXA Rosenberg uses AXA IM's responsible investment team's summary ESG score, which ranks a company ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... website, BetterBuildingFinance.com.au, which organises and aggregates information on environmental upgrade finance to give building owners and tenants a clear overview of vehicles such as environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). "The message we got was ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics. "We compete on a global stage at the top end of our market. Cheryl's track record of driving growth and building market-leading brands that deliver best in class products to investors worldwide will serve our clients well." Last month ...

MSCI assesses future carbon exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
It is possible for institutional investors to reduce their portfolio carbon exposures without drastically increasing tracking error or reducing investment returns, according to MSCI. executive director, global head of ESG research, MSCI MSCI has recently ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... analysis," Halliday said. In markets where ownership is dispersed, governance processes developed with a strong focus on building confidence among investors, ensuring accountability and transparency between shareholders and company management. AMP Capital ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... potential." Traill has recently written about these issues in a SVA quarterly publication Investing in social change: building an efficient capital market for social purpose. In the piece, he names several areas that represent what he considers the core ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Australian/New Zealand property companies continue to outperform global peers in sustainability reporting and performance, according to the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) 2014 results. Australia/NZ property companies received an ...