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Australia among "least attractive" countries for green investment: report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Countries' Climate Policy Report Card, which concludes that most G20 countries do not have the policy settings to attract the capital needed in the zero emissions, climate resilient transition. G20 countries accounting for 80% of global greenhouse ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... of $300 million. The platform will span mixed farming assets across the main cropping areas of Australia and will focus capital investment in underperforming small to medium farms to help lift productivity and optimise land use. "Across Australia, farmers ...

Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... their discussions with their equity investors and bond holders." This has implications for the cost and ease of access to capital for both Australian companies and Australian governments, Debelle said. Debelle noted that the Council of Financial Regulators ...

ESG managed funds see surging inflows: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian managed fund flows pass across the Calastone network each month. In total, Australians committed $6.3 billion of new capital to equity, with $1 in every $4 of net inflows to equity funds was committed to those with an ESG focus. The total ...

Corporate finance execs seeking greater ESG knowledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... part of doing business, including climate-related accounting standards and regulation and there is a growing demand in capital markets for robust and reliable climate-related financial information," said Karen McWilliams, Chartered Accountants ANZ business ...

GHG emissions, diversity top concerns for ASX companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... added Perennial Better Future Strategies portfolio manager Damian Cottier. "Some have started to see there's a cost of capital difference to having a good approach to ESG. They're often putting more resources into it to improve their performance." Almost ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... income sector, which was critical to meet growing investor demand for sustainable investment opportunities. "Investor capital is increasingly seeing the benefit of exposure to green and sustainable bonds and products like this fund provide investors ...

Stewart Investors launches emerging markets sustainability fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... to be well positioned to benefit from, and contribute to, sustainable development, with a focus on delivering long-term capital growth over market cycles," Stewart Investors said. The fund is managed in Sydney by portfolio managers Jack Nelson and David ...

Charter Hall signs green development loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Schretzmeyer. The loan has been certified against the Climate Bonds Standard by DnB. A green development loan's cost of capital is linked to the green characteristics of the asset. "We're building assets that are at the forefront of sustainability ...

AXA IM looks to launch forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolio, it's nearly impossible if you have a mixed bag of assets," Kalyanakumar said. "We have developed a natural capital strategy which will sit side by side with our real assets strategy. The reason for developing this capital strategy is that ...