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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 ...

Institutional investors put climate change into risk budget

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... to an investment portfolio's total risk budget, compared with 1% for technology risk, and 12% for credit risk premium. Equity risk premium is still the largest portion of an overall risk budget, at 72%. "One of the more important findings is the contribution ...

Superannuation to heed call for greater disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... disclose their holdings by asset class, they should list the managers that they have, they should their top 20 Australian equity holdings, and they should disclose any substantial holdings within the portfolio. That information should be up on the website ...

Westfield GHG emissions decrease, energy efficiency increase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... the world. Westfield has assets under management of "around" AU$58bn, balance sheet assets "in excess" of AU$37bn and net equity of AU$17bn. Westfield Group reported on material environmental, social and governance issues affecting its physical assets ...

Share placements become governance issue for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
Publicly listed companies should recognise existing shareholders when raising equity capital, and should disclose how a capital equity raising is priced and built and ensure that fees associated with a equity capital raising reflect value and risk ...

LGS uses trigeneration technology for property retrofit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... strategies across asset classes including Australian shares, international shares, property, and the absolute return and private equity. See Also: Investor Profile: Local Government Super Local Government Super properties awarded 6 NABERS stars

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... reduction as the primary purpose," he said. "That can manifest in lots of ways in financial services, like subordinate debt and equity arrangements. I don't personally favour the term 'loan guarantees' but others have used that as a catch-all phrase ...