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NGS Super allocates to NSW social benefit bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2013  |  NEWS
NGS Super has become the first superannuation fund to invest in a social benefit bond with an AU$500,000 allocation to an AU$7 million bond. The social benefit bond (SBB) was launched by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) and will fund the Newpin program ...

Mercer: benefits to creating fairer long-term value in capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... for that idea - that engagement can actually contribute to a better return." There is also discussion within the superannuation industry as to whether asset owners need to become more present in engagement activities, in addition to using third party ...

Australia to consider country-level payment disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... country by country reporting." Civil society groups, investors and investor groups such as the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors are pressing for mandatory disclosure of payments mining and extractive companies make to governments in which ...

VicSuper, SAS Trustee Corporation to divest from tobacco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to move away from investing in this industry." STC is the trustee board for four New South Wales closed public superannuation funds with AU$36 billion in assets under management - State Authorities Superannuation Scheme (SASS), State Superannuation Scheme ...

Ethinvest model portfolios outperform wider ASX indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... managing director of Ethinvest. The two model portfolios run on the Emerald Wrap, a dedicated responsible investment, superannuation and pension platform. Both the ASX50 and ASX100 model portfolios are constructed around negative screens. Companies that ...

ACSI names leaders, laggards in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) finds that there is a persistent two-speed pace when it comes to ASX200 companies' ESG disclosures - more companies than ever reporting to a detailed or comprehensive standard, but almost half ...

Superannuation funds urged to examine impact of investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
The overall superannuation industry has not done enough to make investment decisions that take environmental, social and governance impacts into consideration, and it is not only possible but imperative to do so, two fund professionals said at the annual ...

Australian exposed to carbon bubble through coal resources

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... assumption that coal demand will continue to rise in China and elsewhere, otherwise billions of dollars of taxpayer, superannuation and shareholder funds will be wasted in assets linked to unburnable carbon," said James Leaton, Carbon Tracker research ...

NGOs, institutional investors seeking engagement pathways

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are looking to engage with superannuation funds and their individual members as they seek to effectual environmental and social changes, with varying levels of response. For their part, superannuation funds are ...

Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... Impact Investing Policy Collaborative. "It will become important, for example, for institutional investors like the superannuation funds - such as an industry fund - that they can make investments that can help members with more than just financial return ...

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ASX-listed Plenti Group has won a mandate from the Western Australian government to help the state accelerate the adoption of batteries.

Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

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Despite the raging global trade war, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is calling for carbon tariffs on some imports and for Australia to lead the way for a regional Asian carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM).

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

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Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield.

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