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Corporate governance: moving to "owner relations" model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... the resources to have their own governance teams to work with investment teams, and the governance teams have a very different perspective on what we think of as investor relations, which is more typically very much centred on financial results and analysts ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... feedback from stakeholders. "We need to look at both of those dimensions - the hard and soft levers and the roles of those different players," Addis said. "I think that it's encouraging that in the process of the Financial System Inquiry, it has recognised ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Director of PACENow. "If you look at just commercial PACE, the quantum of what is invested in Australia is not that different than in the US," Bocskay said. "What is interesting, and where I think Australia has failed to wake up to is where the majority ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Governance practices have evolved differently around the world, and as a result, AMP Capital has developed a nuanced, case-by-case approach to proxy voting and engaging with companies in varying markets. Karin Halliday, AMP Capital corporate governance ...

SVA CEO calls for new investment model for social change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... such as social return on investment do already exist. "Of course, we understand that the challenge of measurement is different and more difficult in the social purpose world," Traill said in the article. "However, we must recognise that it is the failure ...

Carbon co-benefits valued as additional $664 per tonne

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Offsetting one tonne of carbon dioxide can bring additional co-benefits of US$664 to the communities in which reduction projects are based, according to new research. Co-benefits of purchasing carbon credits include economic development opportunities ...

JBWere: private ancillary funds increase in size, distributions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... greater than the sum of the contributions." PAFs can also be funded through the gift of a single stock as well, making it different from investment vehicles such as superannuation funds or managed funds, Knowles noted. "The other area where you see people ...

IIRC considers assurance of Integrated Reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... (IoD) and the Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA). The papers consider "the nature of assurance and how different mechanisms contribute to credibility and trust; methodology issues dealing with, for example, future-oriented information ...

Learning from Europe's example in social investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... rather to turn it into investment for wider return. "People like me think that we can do something better, something different," he said. "We can work on that 50% of the global social spending and turn it into a market economy for a new democracy where ...

CDSB consultation finds broad support for framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... individuals or organisations provided responses to the consultation. "My impression is that people want to understand how different frameworks align with each other or interact with each other," said Lois Guthrie, CDSB executive director. "I would say ...