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Industry to coordinate efforts to develop impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... impact investment sector will require coordinated action to grow what is currently a nascent market, a conclusion that has led interested organisations in the financial services sector to set up a financial services forum to address this. Earlier this ...

Australia/NZ companies lag in Corporate Responsibility Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2013  |  NEWS
... are honoured to receive such a high accolade for our effort " Teachers Mutual Bank highlighted several accomplishments that led to the institution increasing its score from 79% last year to 90% this year - total community investment of 4.18% of pre-tax ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... concerned that certain emerging market companies lack sufficient executive independence and scrutiny of management. This challenge led us to examine how we could develop a passive investment vehicle that could filter out companies with less satisfactory ...

Government to maintain existing Renewable Energy Target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... target of the policy all the more critical for investor confidence." CEC cited analysis by SKM MMA showing that the RET has led to "more than $18 billion in clean energy investment, from solar panels and solar hot water systems through to large-scale ...

Philanthropy Australia rolling out impact investing program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... investment space over the past five to 10 years that, in combination with discussions with members around impact investing, led Philanthropy Australia to develop the program. "The conversations I've had around members are at all levels," she said. "Some ...

Dalton Nicol Reid: using ESG to find sustainable earnings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... avoid those investments. "A good recent example for us was a review of the coal seam methane projects 18 months ago which led us to believe the on-going monitoring of the environmental issues would lead to financial pressures. This now seems to be playing ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... around 25% of resolutions relating to remuneration reports and incentive plans. Although there's no one set of criteria that led AMP Capital to abstain from or oppose those 25% of resolutions, there are common themes that led to AMP's lack of support. ...

Biologists develop essential variables to track biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... variables to improve the data feeding biodiversity policy and sustainability metrics. Melodie McGeoch The team of 30 researchers, led by Henrique Miguel Pereira from the Centre for Environmental Biology of the University of Lisbon, outlined their approach ...

RIAA hires Simon O'Connor as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... changing needs of our members" O'Connor's appointment follows Louise O'Halloran's departure from RIAA at the end of 2012. She had led RIAA for more than 10 years.

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... to the role of investor, responsible for stock analysis and selection. Jonathan Koh Greencape is a AU$3.97bn fund manager led by Matthew Ryland and David Pace, both ex-Merrill Lynch/BlackRock. Established in 2006, the fund manager uses "uses targeted ...