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US pension suit points to potential fiduciary risks: MinterEllison

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015  |  NEWS
... Members of the Arch Coal Inc Employee Thrift Plan have filed suit against the pension plan's fiduciaries in the United States District court, seeking compensation for a drop in the value of their pension funds invested in the company's stock. The complaint ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... Europe still holds the largest amount of sustainable investment assets - 64%, according to the review. Europe, the United States and Canada account for 99% of global sustainable invested assets, the report finds. Australia and New Zealand had AU$153 ...

Supply chain vulnerable to climate change risk: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Supply chains in Brazil, China, India and the United States are more vulnerable to climate change than those in Europe and Japan because of lack of preparation, according to CDP. CDP analysed suppliers from 11 countries in relation to their climate ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... publish country by country and project by project payments over â,¬100,000 to governments wherever they operate. The United States has Dodd-Frank Act section 1504, which demands similar disclosures. With Canada adopting similar its legislation, the ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... critical step in transitioning confidently and meaningfully to a low-carbon, climate resilient economy." In the United States alone, there are predictions that anywhere from US$00 billion to US$1 trillion in clean water infrastructure investment will ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... capital firm specialising in creating Australian technology companies and growing them globally in Asia and the United States," according to CSIRO. Marshall will join CSIRO in January 2015. Marshall was educated at Macquarie University and holds a doctorate ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... accountability and transparency between shareholders and company management. AMP Capital pointed to the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia as examples where institutional investors have outgrown individual investors and there are "strong ...

PRI signatory assets top US$45 trillion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
... Overall, since April 2013, the PRI has added more than 200 new signatories, including Harvard University Endowment (United States), Credit Suisse Private Banking & Wealth Management (Switzerland), Green Investment Bank (United Kingdom), Unilever Pension ...

New Forests releases 2013 sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... the final close of the Tropical Asia Forest Fund (TAFF) and expanded the Forest Carbon Partners (FCP) fund in the United States into a second phase. During that time, the company also purchased an operating sawmilling business, Timberlink Australia ...