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ASX appoints non-executive director

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
Yasmin Allen has been appointed to the ASX board as a non-executive director. Allen has over 20 years' experience in investment banking and has held roles at Deutsche Bank, ANZ and HSBC. Currently she is a director at Cochlear Limited, Insurance Australia ...

Australian Ethical backs NAB Climate Bond

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
Australian Ethical is backing the global environmentally focused bonds market by investing in NAB's newly released NAB Climate Bond. The Climate Bond aims to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities. Climate bonds - also known as ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
David Murray's recommendation that super fund boards comprise a majority of directors has met with mixed responses from the industry, with the retail side welcoming it but the not-for-profit side broadly rejecting it. Media reports, meanwhile, have ...

NAB launches Australia's first certified climate bond

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
National Australia Bank plans to raise at least $150 million for renewable energy facilities with the launch of a so-called 'green bond.' The NAB Climate Bond is also the first bank-issued bond to be certified in compliance with international Climate ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
The financial services industry has welcomed the parliamentary agreement between the Coalition and Labor to fix the unintended consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association ...

AMP debt fund beats target with US$1.1 billion final close

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
More than 50 investors from eight countries have invested in AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II), which completed its final close, raising US$1.1 billion during its fundraising period. Investors came from countries including the US, the ...

Instos get serious about climate change

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014
Last month's United Nations Climate Summit saw a flurry of announcements from some of the world's major institutional investors, ranging from pledges to divest from fossil fuels, to calls on governments to introduce carbon pricing. But how serious are ...

LGS rejects coal, tar sands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
Local Government Super (LGS) has announced it will be screening out companies that derive the majority of their revenue from coal or tar sands. In the most comprehensive fossil fuel screening policy adopted by a major super fund, LGS has included all ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
A group of Australia's biggest institutional investors has written an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which ...

Alibaba co-founder tops China rich list

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has become China's richest person with a net worth of US$25 billion, according to a new survey. Ma, who founded the Chinese e-commerce giant from his apartment, reached the top of the wealth list by Hurun Report for first ...