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T. Rowe Price analyses water, energy, food nexus and investment impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... scarcity and how a company is managing their process." T Rowe Price calls its responsible research model the Responsible Investing Indicator Model (RIIM) that becomes a rating system for invested companies, used across equities, fixed income and credit. ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund receives new loan facility, new name

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... good quality asset underpinning those, we expect those to be very attractive to capital markets," Bocskay said. "We're investing in staff and resourced to help the origination and scaling of our annual origination efforts. The team is growing and looking ...

Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... guidelines and frameworks coming through globally. "But if you look at private equity, infrastructure, more impact-style investing, those horizons align more strongly with long term investors, however the data question around ESG information remains... ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Trade (DFAT) has awarded AU$1.23 million to Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) - a global organization driving impact investing - to develop the ecosystem for gender lens investing in Asia. Durreen Shahnaz, CEO and founder of IIX IIX operates an online ...

Climate risk necessitates short and long term stress testing: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
Investing in climate solutions can bring a low carbon transition premium for institutional investors, increasing the urgency for investors to gauge short term as well as long-term impacts of climate change according to new research from Mercer. Helga ...

Global responsible investment assets top US$30 trillion: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Investment Review 2018, and the findings show that the Australasian region is leading globally in the uptake of responsible investing, with 63% of total assets under management in Australia and New Zealand using a responsible investment, according to ...

flexigroup issues $90.9 million Climate Bond certified green bond tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... issuers have the opportunity to develop a broader range of bonds to tap into this demand." The CEFC has a long record of investing in the emerging climate bonds market, having committed $489 million to 11 bond issuances since it began investing in 2013 ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches global sustainability strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... and stewardship, responsible business conduct expectations and sector-based exclusions setting out "the conditions for investing in particular sectors, and guide screening requirements and engagement. The sector policies are applied across all open-ended ...

Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
Impact investing is a stand-alone strategy to develop portfolio construction towards achieving particular environmental and social outcomes and outputs, according to Nuveen Private Markets. Rekha Unnithan, the lead impact portfolio manager for Nuveen ...

Climate change high on agenda for Oliver Yates parliamentary bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... nothing wrong in the government participating in the electricity sector," he said. Yates has fitting qualifications in investing government money in renewable projects,as well as building cross-party political support. During Yates' time at the CEFC ...