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AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... "regulatory environment where there are no mandatory requirements for financial firms to provide climate reporting and less incentives to demonstrate climate commitments," Amundi and AAIB said. AAIB is a multilateral development bank with a mission to ...

ARENA allocates $2.17m to Alice Springs grid project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... aggregated and controlled to provide voltage support to the network; tariff reforms to investigate the commercial and other incentives required to encourage a change in consumer behaviour to facilitate higher uptake of household batteries with rooftop ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... report prior to the 2020 AGM. Governance experts questioned the utility of linking targets on emissions reductions to incentives. "AGL have clearly made a statement of this," said Vas Kolesnikoff, executive director, head of Australian and New Zealand ...

Aviva Investors identifies megatrends representing market failures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... said. "Where we find a market failure - in other words, where the structure of the market and the associated economic incentives has led to a sub-optimal outcome for society - then it is not possible to solve the problem purely through investment integration ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... start by being sceptical of buybacks and why they're being done," Berrutti said. "We're very conscious of executive incentives. Buybacks shouldn't be done if a CEO has an earnings per share KPI because it is achieving a goal without creating long-term ...

Pricing, liquidity, standards challenge green bond market: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... happens if and when finance raised through bonds is not used to fund named proceeds, or are not used at all. Further incentives could come from policymakers, such as investing in green bonds through a form of tax relief, Purdie said. "At this point in ...

Median CEO bonus payout near record high: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... engagement and policy, ACCSI. "It hasn't moved in the past four years. That's a trend where we feel that many of these incentives have become an expectation, as opposed to something at risk." According to the ACSI CEO Pay in ASX200 Companies report ...

flexigroup issues $90.9 million Climate Bond certified green bond tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... householders are taking control of their energy bills by capitalising on flexible financing solutions and government incentives to install solar and storage. "We expect interest in adding battery storage to solar panels to continue to grow, which presents ...

Corporate culture a factor in stock selection: WCM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... beyond just the C-suite," Kelly said. "As part of our sustainability work, we spend a lot of time on what are those incentives. It depends on the industry, and it depends on cultural differences. For example, in Asia you don't find a lot of stock ownership ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... buybacks, are they returning value to shareholders, propping up earnings per share statistics, or responding to perverse incentives in executive remuneration? Since the US government passed significant corporate tax cuts in December 2017, US listed companies ...