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Investors conducting climate change risk assessments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... used by investors such as carbon footprint, and perhaps, say, using a broader approach, which is moving out of the listed equity space.... I think those are issues where there are strong activity going on, but there is still quite a ways to go." The ...

US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... report found that endowments' primary forms of ESG investing tend to be around single-issue negative screening of listed equity portfolios around issues such as tobacco, "sin stocks", and targeted divestment from the Sudan. The report also found that ...

Most Asia Pacific private equity investors monitor ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
The majority of Asia-Pacific investors in private equity monitor, or expect to monitor, general partners' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, in contrast to 70% of European investors and 27% of North American investors, according to ...

CFSGAM hires Pablo Berrutti as responsible investment head

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... of sustainability and responsible investment at CFSGAM, has joined the firm's Asia Pacific and global emerging markets equity team, which is based in Singapore. Meanwhile, CFSGAM, which is known as First State Investments outside of Australia and New ...

CDP: water a substantial risk to ASX100 companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Water Disclosure questionnaire to 54 companies in the ASX100, while also sending questionnaires to peers in the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (Global500) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). According to the CDP report, Shining the light on corporate ...

ARENA board members, CEO named

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... Engineer of the Year in 2011 and has a strong background in developing renewable energy technologies. Smith is head of private equity at Industry Funds management. Donaghey has a background in strategic planning, general management and business analysis ...

MSCI launches ESG portfolio analytics tool

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... reporting tool to help fund managers and institutional investors assess the ESG characteristics and risk profile of an equity portfolio. MSCI ESG Portfolio Analytics reports include portfolio and index benchmark ESG scores, analysis with the lowest and ...

EUAs finance $4.9m in Melbourne environmental retrofits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... explain and promote the EUA structure and utility. "If you say to a property CFO, you can finance this through debt, through equity or through an or EUA, they say, what's an EUA," Bocskay said. "You have to go into a complete and thorough assessment ...

Investor Profile: Omega Global Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... volatility number as one dimension of risk. That level for this portfolio is 3%. It's a low number, when you compare it with equity volatility, which is around the 12-14% mark. Bonds are a lot less risky. We think that by biasing a portfolio to governments ...

Banks' plans address Indigenous hiring, financial exclusion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... is tough. We know for people to borrow business money, they have to have a business plan.... In the absence of any other equity, we want to see a bit of sweat equity. Government organisations are geared up to do the training, and mentoring can be coupled ...