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350.org Australia issues ASX200 fossil fuel divestment study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investment portfolios containing coal, oil and gas companies "risk lower returns in the long run while portfolios avoiding these companies can provide competitive returns," according to a report published by The Australia Institute in ...

RIAA launches RI Academy in Canada, India

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014  |  NEWS
... the need for education. We have seen a lot more large investment organisations, pension funds and other institutional investment managers, approaching us about training their staff. What is needed is a consistent understanding and a consistent foundation ...

AXA IM: impact investing to drive growth in ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2013  |  NEWS
... the growth and expansion of alternative assets - particularly private equity and hedge funds - in the institutional investment sphere. He cited the growth of initiatives to enhance credibility and comparability, such as the development of the Impact ...

Corporates should look beyond CSR to creating shared value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2013  |  NEWS
... good relationship on both parts." The idea of investing in microfinance programs is also spreading to institutional investment in Australia, Dunn said. "It's being talked about increasingly in forums that I've seen," he said. "I don't see it as being ...

Solaris Investment Management augments distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Management has hired Neale Goldston-Morris as investment specialist, representing the fund manager to the institutional investment market. Goldston-Morris comes to Solaris from Macquarie Securities, where he was director, head of equity strategies. His ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... universities. We also find that the educational community largely is absent from the national and global institutional investment networks. For example, not a single endowment is amongst the 900 signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... bond preferencing. See Also: Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... 42,000 acres of timberland on QIC's behalf. James Dick, QIC head of alternative investments The AU$63.5bn institutional investment manager invests in timberland because of the diversification benefits that timber brings to the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... consistent of what we are required to do as a superannuation fund." Using SROI as a metric to attract institutional investment is a "mistake," said Belinda Drew, Foresters CEO. "This is a mistake people are making," Drew said. "They think as they approach ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... green finance design, function Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds