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LGS wins green globe award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... independent panel of experts and were announced at a gala event hosted by the Hon. Carmel Tebbutt, Minister for Climate Change and the Environment.

Regnan names head of engagement

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
Regnan has recruited CSR and climate change expert Julie Taylor-Mills as the new head of engagement. Taylor-Mills returns to Australian after four years working in the UK, where she consulted for Jupiter Asset Management, Futerra and the Climate Project. ...

Super must become more efficient: PM

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2009
... and his plans for the nation as it emerges from recession covering infrastructure policy, taxation, regulation, climate change, retirement income policy and health. "We need to encourage savings from an early age, and to improve the efficiency and investment ...

Better insurance tech from IRESS

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2009
... more regular, and even online, reporting to clients in a consolidated manner, with fixed costs. "In the current economic climate, advisers are seeking simplicity and efficiency, and are strongly focused on enhancing client relationships. Running multiple ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2009
... Batterham addresses the University of Western Australia's Institute of Advanced Studies on energy, minerals and climate change. The Opes Prime cases returns to court in Melbourne. On Monday, the Australian share market closed higher, with heavyweights ...

Super funds to re-jig mandates

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... per cent of Australia's major superannuation funds are looking to change their investment mandates to factor in climate change issues, a survey found. The Climate Institute and the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) survey found strong ...

Regnan to appoint new ESG research manager

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2009
... Regnan is looking for a new ESG research manager after Nathan Fabian takes a new role at the Investor Group on Climate Change Australia/New Zealand (IGCC). "We are sad to see Nathan move on but our loss is the IGCC's gain. Climate change is a major ESG ...

ESG a fiduciary duty: Sherry

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2009
... government's CPRS are still being resolved, carbon trading in itself is not the sole way Australia is addressing climate change. "The whole strategy is the CPRS being rolled in 2011 plus the expanded renewable energy targets plus encouraging investments ...

NCSF and Catholic Super to merge

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2009
... Financial Services. The latter's chief executive Frank Pegan was elected as the chair of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) late last year, replacing the first and outgoing chair, Bob Welsh, chief executive at VicSuper. The board said it would ...

Fee-for-service cuts planner revenue

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2009
... on asset-linked fee revenue, however very few advisers had changed their method of charging as a result of the current climate, she said. The problem for advisers trying to make the business model switch now in a climate of depressed returns is that ...