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bankmecu, Foresters Community Finance partner on loan scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... emphasised that any organisation that came to bankmecu as part of this partnership will still have to undergo the bank's credit process to obtain the financing. "What Foresters does is about capacity building with organisations," Lynch said. "There are ...

ASIC details AFS licence process for carbon credit trade

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... legislative package, emission units are recognized as financial products. This includes carbon units, Australian carbon credit units and eligible international emissions units. See Also: Carbon credits to be regulated as financial products

Carbon Farming Initiative grants for biochar research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2012  |  NEWS
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has awarded AU$2m in funding to five research projects that will investigate how farmers can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) by using biochar to reduce carbon emissions. ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
QIC has selected the US-based Molpus Woodlands Group as an investment partner, with the timberland specialist purchasing approximately 42,000 acres of timberland on QIC's behalf. James Dick, QIC head of alternative investments The AU$63.5bn institutional ...

IIGCC calls for reform to EU Emissions Trading Scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... remove systemic oversupply; and the implementation of a review process to consider unforseen economic circumstances. Carbon credit prices have fallen because of an oversupply in the system - as of publication, ETS are trading for around EUR7/tonne. IIGCC ...

CSA warns on timing of undirected proxy vote legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... government has proposed adding the "short and uncontentious" amendment to another," more controversial and unrelated" Consumer Credit Amendment Bill that will be reintroduced to Parliament in the week of 21 May. "By relegating the reintroduction of the ...

CEFC moves to Sydney as industry prepares for its launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... the complexity of the project and the technology risk it represents requires institutional levels of due diligence for credit approval, meaning that projects "fall between the cracks," Westpac said. In their submission, Westpac said CEFC could ameliorate ...

DEXUS head office, Republica Coffee declared carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Republica Coffee and the head office of DEXUS Property Group has been certified carbon neutral by Low Carbon Australia. Republica was certified under the National Carbon Offset Scheme Carbon Neutral Program by measuring its greenhouse gas emissions ...

Fourth Carbon Farming Initiative methodology approved

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... asking for advice and information about issues including methodologies, transitioning to the CFI and to Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCU) and eligible and excluded activities, said Elisa de Wit, partner and head of climate change at Norton Rose Australia. ...

Australian Ethical names new chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... 2009 as an equities analyst and portfolio manager. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, he worked for Macquarie Group, Credit Suisse, Mellon and Mercer covering strategic and tactical asset allocation, sell-side and buy-side research and portfolio construction ...