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CFA launches ESG guide for investment professionals

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... from energy efficiency to employee relations to bribery and corruption has grown substantially in the last decade," CFA Society Sydney president Anthony Serhan said. "How these issues impact investment management is still not well understood and certain ...

Cbus appoints ESG investment manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2015
... active contributor to the World Resources Institute Portfolio Carbon Initiative, a scheme leader for the International Society of Sustainable Professionals and mentor for Executive Women Australia. Cbus executive manager investment strategy, Kristian ...

Fiducian acquires practice, launches impact fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2015
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Share portfolios comprise investments in companies that aim to be positive for society and for the environment and aim to avoid investments in harmful activities. "Selected managers are expected to deliver a ...

Six point five is PM Li's new like

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2015
... of at least 6.53 per cent in the next five years to meet the government's goal of establishing a "moderately prosperous society", Li said in an October 23 speech to Communist Party members, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to ...

Australian Ethical aims super high

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... collaborative approach for the business community to achieve positive change. "We are facing critical challenges as a society, with climate change arguably the most pressing one. None of these big issues can be addressed by governments, businesses or ...

Imputation's economic effects unclear: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... of lower cost of capital, Davis said investors aren't necessarily getting any benefit from it. He said the benefit to society is "that we have more physical investment because the distortion of tax creates a gap between socially productive investment ...

Super funds eye impact investing structures

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015
... superannuation funds are starting to look at investment structures to invest in profitable ventures that have a positive impact in society. "Impact investing doesn't exist as an asset class. At the moment there isn't any noteworthy conversation to be ...

New super Shadow Minister as PM acknowledges Labor's plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
... said the financial services and superannuation industries are "at the pointy end of technological transformation in our society and among the most affected by the extraordinary change in the global and domestic economies." "Australia's services economy ...

China puts another one in the bag

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... payments, followed by the euro 27.2% and the British pound (8.5%). The yen made up 2.76%. And according to Bloomberg, citing a Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications' statement, "it was second for global issuance of letters of credit ...

China syndrome

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2015