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CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... property and direct infrastructure, according to the report. Additionally, CFSGCAM has a responsible investment team. "Each equity investment team takes an autonomous approach to integrating ESG considerations into the investment process, and so the ...

LCA-financed retrofitted office building sells for $12.25m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... and sold the property in April for $12.25m. The property delivered a 17% IRR over 24 months and had an investor return on equity of over 33%, said Chris Slack, Harvest director. "The commercial office property market is highly competitive in Australia ...

LGS wins SuperRatings Infinity Award

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... responsible investment strategies across Australian shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity asset classes, is by far the largest commitment of any Australian super fund" said LGS CEO Peter Lambert. "We are constantly ...

Five Oceans AM to run Skandia Global Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
Five Oceans Asset Management has been selected by Skandia Investment Group (SIG) to manage the US$350m Skandia Global Equity Fund mandate. SIG selected Five Oceans Asset Management for three broad reasons, including the firm's high conviction portfolio ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... over time, the way in which you need to operate the financial measures it will need to offer, the types of partnerships, equity, loan guarantees, will need to chance, and therefore there is a strong view that what's legislated now and what's set up now ...

Japanese pension plan selects MSCI ESG index as benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... and sector-specific ESG research and analysis, and also because it closely tracks our current benchmark for our Japanese equity fund," explained Mr Okada, general fund manager of the National Federation of Mutual Aid Associations for Municipal Personnel. ...

FTSE launch carbon risk indices for Australia, Europe and Japan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... carbon-related risks in their portfolios. The FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy Index Series gives investors the ability to redefine passive equity strategies in light of future carbon risks, while maintaining close performance tracking of the underlying FTSE ...

Mercer ratings demonstrate challenge of integrating ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... evaluated for ESG factors, 57% are in listed equities, 20% fixed income and the remaining 23% across real estate, private equity, hedge funds and others. Private equity has the highest proportion of highly rated ESG strategies, while hedge funds and ...

Mercer gives top rating to 9% of ESG strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
... evaluated for ESG factors, 57% are in listed equities, 20% fixed income and the remaining 23% across real estate, private equity, hedge funds and others. Private equity has the highest proportion of highly rated ESG strategies, while hedge funds and ...

IGCC working group engages on green finance design, function

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... at," Major said. "If they're looking at a big infrastructure asset that's being built, there is more scope to be a direct equity investor, but if you're talking about energy efficiency technologies or more a more venture capital investment structure ...