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Investor Profile: Local Government Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... strategies across asset classes including Australian shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity. CEO Peter Lambert talks with The Sustainability Report about the superannuation fund's approach to sustainable investment ...

Carbon price to have limited impact on superannuation funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... impact on superannuation funds overall, amounting to a cost of up to 0.8% of revenue from companies held in the Australian equity portfolios of 14 of the largest superannuation funds. This conclusion comes in research performed by Trucost and commissioned ...

ASX100 CEO pay increases faster than stock value

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... the report. ACSI has witnessed an increasing number of companies deferring significant proportions of annual bonuses into equity vesting over time, particularly in the financial sector. Commonwealth Bank's Ralph Norris had the highest pay across the ...

Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2011  |  NEWS
... strategies across asset classes including Australian shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity. LGS' entire property portfolio is highly rated on the NABERS scale because they all use 100% greenpower, Churchill ...

DEXUS appoint Tonianne Dwyer independent director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... banking at Hambros Bank, SG Cowen and Societe Generale based in London focusing on international mergers and acquisitions, equity raisings and corporate advisory, with exposure to UK, European and US markets. Dwyer is a member of the Australian Institute ...

Interview: Anthea McIntyre, Australian Institute of Company Directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... management and enhanced corporate and financial performance. It's seen through a number of metrics, including return on equity, return on sales and return on invested capital. To give you one example of a commonly cited study that was performed in the ...

ACSI release governance guidelines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... pre-emptive rights - ACSI believes that companies should respect the pre-emptive rights of existing shareholders by raising equity capital in such a way that all existing shareholders have an opportunity to maintain their interest, or be compensated ...

Carbon price package could yield greater than expected reductions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... complementary measures in the package. "For example, the package also provides financial support in the form of grants, loans, equity investments or loan guarantees that will overcome some of the shortage of capital facing investors." While ClimateWorks' ...

Forthcoming GRESB report to benchmark RE environmental, social performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... efficiency and sustainability practices in the real estate sector. For institutional investors, it's quite common to screen equity on ESG factors, and for real estate, especially the listed sector, there's information about governance, but beyond that ...

Assistance will "significantly reduce" effects of carbon tax on industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2011  |  NEWS
... clear estimates based on that kind of disclosure. MSCI called upon companies with joint venture operations to disclose equity accounted emissions, not just emissions at an operational control basis. "Certainly, there's a range of things that companies ...