Eight Investment Partners (8IP) has launched its first retail Australian equities fund geared towards capturing environmental/social impact in ASX-listed. 8IP seeded the 8IP Australian Equity…
CEFC provides $90m in financing to Mirvac for residential clean energy initiative
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $90 million in debt finance to developer Mirvac to embed clean energy initiatives in the construction of…
Evolution towards autonomous vehicles present infrastructure investment: AMP Capital
While driverless cars will “eventually” disrupt road transport, in the short and medium term, there are opportunities for infrastructure investors during the transition, according to…
Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors
Analysing companies for their ability to produce long term sustainable results based on their environmental and social material issues has led Stewart Investors to focus…
Nearly half of all board appointments to date in 2018 women: AICD
Nearly one out of every two ASX200 board appointments thus far in 2018 has been a woman, according to new research from the Australian Institute…
Video: Responsible Investment Coming of Age – Full Panel Discussion
Responsible investments have more than quadrupled over the past three years to $622 billion in assets under management (AUM) in 2016, with nearly half (44%) of…
Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution
More than a hundred individual shareholders and three global asset owners including Local Government Super (LGS) have co-filed a shareholder resolution calling on Rio Tinto…
Diversity Council Australia Inclusion@Work Index shows value of, need for inclusion
Research from the Diversity Council Australia (DCA) shows that while the majority of surveyed people support inclusive workplaces, men are less supportive than women of…
HESTA to survey investment managers for workplace gender diversity
HESTA is surveying 70 of its Australian and international investment managers about their workplace gender as part of their wider focus on gender diversity through…
Legg Mason’s Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds
Legg Mason’s fixed income affiliate Western Asset Managementwill remove investments linked to tobacco and cluster munitions from the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund…