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CEFC evaluating potential project commitments ahead of July

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013  |  NEWS
... to set their organisation up to be a private institution, progressively over time, which means they're going to bring in equity investors. We're a statutory government body and that's a very different framework to how the Green Bank operates. If we look ...

Local Government Super adopts private equity ESG framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has adopted a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) framework for private equity investment. Bill Hartnett The ESG Disclosure Framework is the result of a global coalition of 40 limited partners, 20 private equity ...

Northern Trust launches emerging markets ESG index, fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... experience managing socially responsible portfolios and socially-screened assets. Northern Trust launched the World Custom ESG Equity Index Fund in late 2012.

Net Balance: financial, shared value performance related

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2013  |  NEWS
... 287 ASX listed companies, including criteria like market capitalisation, debt to cash flow, profit margin and return on equity. The analysis suggest that companies with higher CSV scores have positive associations with characteristics like significant ...

AMP Capital notes increased engagement, board diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... performance." Halliday has been in the role of head of governance of AMP Capital since 2000, and said that the current team of equity analysts take ESG issues seriously and incorporate them into models and into discussions with invested companies. "Different ...

MSCI: using ESG ratings can improve portfolio returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... which they used their Intangible Value Assessment (IVA) ratings from MSCI ESG Research in conjunction with the Barra Global Equity Model (GEM3) to construct portfolios optimized for ESG ratings while holding other characteristics constant. The research ...

Unlisted alt assets as vehicle for accessing sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... space. Helga Birgden Mercer's responsible investment team has identified unlisted alternative assets including private equity, infrastructure, agriculture, timber and private equity/green bonds as potential vehicles that could provide purest access to ...

ESG factors impact on private equity valuation, dealmaking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Poor performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can reduce valuations of potential private equity deals or cause potential buyers to walk away from an acquisition, according to research from the United Nations-backed Principles ...

Greencape Capital hires Jonathan Koh

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
Equity fund manager Greencape Capital has appointed Jonathan Koh 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. ...

Developing methods for monitoring impact investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2013  |  NEWS
... process of monitoring its ongoing impact investments to the way it monitors other assets such as infrastructure or private equity, with perhaps added attention because of the relatively fewer number of investors to the category. "We probably watch them ...