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Super funds complacent on sustainability

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2011
... predicts pressure is building for funds to become accountable. Simon O'Connor, economic adviser for the Australian Conservation Foundation, said sustainability reporting and the ability to show investors and shareholders a responsible outlook has never ...

Hunter Hall shares profits with charity

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2010
... or five percent of its pre-tax profits this year, to charity, a decade-old tradition that has helped many animal conservation and other non-profit organisations along the way. HHL shareholders donate the funds across a range of charities through the ...

Happy days

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2010
... common equity requirement from 2 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Regulators also plan to require banks to hold a capital conservation buffer of 2.5 per cent. The good news? Regulators gave banks eight years to fully comply with the requirement. This is a happy ...

Banks to raise capital reserves

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... requirement for banks from 2 per cent to 4.5 per cent. In addition, banks will also be required to hold a capital conservation buffer of 2.5 per cent to cushion against future stresses, taking the total common equity requirements to 7 per cent. Reactions ...

Financial services execs gain Aus day honours

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Meanwhile, Hall, executive chair at Hunter Hall, received a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his work on rhino conservation and charitable projects. Since 2002, the funds management business he founded has donated five per cent of its profits ...

Hunter Hall regains lost ground

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2009
... been lost." While keeping an eye on returns, Hall is also focused on the broader global issues such as rhinoceros conservation and cancer research. Every year the fund manager has distributes five per cent of its pre-tax profits to charity. This year ...

Regnan names head of engagement

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... the Climate Project. Prior to joining Regnan, Taylor-Mills set up an NGO business partnership for the Australian Conservation Foundation to work on climate change initiatives in Australia. An academic at Monash University, she was previously an analyst ...

Hunter Hall donates $1.32m to charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2008
... Institute and the Sea Shepherd. This year, more than 30 charities benefited including Amnesty International, Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Cancer Research Foundation and Free the Bears Fund Inc. Hunter Hall's generosity contrasts that ...

CalPERS grows green strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2008
... performance while reducing carbon emissions and energy and water use, and creating jobs, said the fund. CalPERS' partners conservation measures include the installation of low-flow or sensor-operated fixtures, recycling programs, and mitigating and treating ...

AustEthical director elected MLA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2008
... officer, is on the board's remuneration committee, while also being a member of the national council of the Australian Conservation Foundation. She was formerly AustEthical's funds administrator. Her Greens credentials are well established as she has ...