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RIAA: Increased public demand for responsible investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... for product from the public - is a change off of previous years, where expansion in responsible investment products has been led by institutional investors such as superannuation funds who have been integrating ESG considerations into their processes. ...

GRI names Michael Meehan new chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... Initiative (GRI) has hired Michael Meehan as its new chief executive. Meehan is a sustainability CEO and entrepreneur and has led companies in several countries, including Carbonetworks from 2004-2010 and iVeridis Corporation from 2010-2013. He has almost ...

Addressing the human crisis of climate change displacement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014  |  NEWS
... and Tuvalu. Leckie is executive director of global NGO Displacement Solutions, http://displacementsolutions.org/ which has led international efforts to protect the rights of climate displaced persons. Leckie and associates advocate a four-step approach ...

Community 21 launches share offer to raise up to AU$4m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... sector and the government. If we could get greater control over our capital, we could have a relationship of equals. This led to the joint venture with Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and the establishment of Community Sector Banking. So we fast forward now ...

Northern Trust names new global head of ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... group to "develop solutions and thought leadership for the ESG practice and will work interdependently with the CSR practice led by Connie Lindsey, head of corporate social responsibility and global diversity and inclusion at Northern Trust," Northern ...

Northern Trust's Bowers on ESG and funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... asset owners has influenced portfolio construction in many ways, and the interest in managing ESG risks and opportunities has led Northern Trust to develop a suite of approaches for clients. "There is a certain amount of commonality," Bowers said. "We ...

Farmland attractive to super funds, but liquidity a concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Conference, which Noble provided to The Sustainability Report. "... The global understanding of the megatrends I have described has led pension funds to allocate investment to farmland. Funds that are investing include US TIAA-CREF, Swedish AP2 and AP3 ...

Co-ops, mutuals a "third way" for public service provision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... management consultancy Nous Group, and managing director of Gillian McFee and Associates. The task force's secretariat is led by Hems, a director at Net Balance and Dhakshy Sooriyakumaran, an associate at Net Balance and secretary for PSM Task Force. ...

AXA IM develops impact investing fund of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014  |  NEWS
... new area for AXA IM and there are a number of factors such as cost and the amount of time it takes to go direct that have led us to this approach," he said. "Also, we want to be cautious about moving the overall market at this early stage in the sector's ...

Investors say non-financials matter in investment decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... non-financial information using some technique, and 89% said that some non-financial information over the last 12 months has led to a change in their investment. That's a statistic to me that is indicative - this information is influencing investment. ...