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Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... estate are the top asset classes most cited by investors as ones where they are currently active or considering green investments, with private equity, infrastructure, timber, forestry and ag, and Yieldco cited as well. "We are seeing increasing activity ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... PIMCO I fully integrates environmental, social, and governance considerations in its investment practices; restricts investments in issuers who do not engage in acceptable practices; invests exclusively in highly-rated ESG stocks; and actively engages ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... said. The FTSE Developed ex Australia ex Non-Renewable Energy/Vice Products/Weapons Index has been chosen by Vanguard Investments Australia for its new Vanguard Ethically Conscious International Shares Index Fund, and for its Vanguard Ethically Conscious ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
With more than half of all professionally managed assets in Australia managed as responsible investments, the "real work" of the responsible investment industry is really beginning, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... dignity campaigns at the Center for Popular Democracy. "The campaign looks at the connection between corporations, their investments and the way those investments hurt immigrant families. Over the last year or so, we've done a couple of things that laid ...

CEFC reports 39 direct commitments worth $2.3 billion in FY18

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... renewable energy sector. The CEFC contuies to grow the number and value of its commitments - in 2017, CEFC committed to 36 investments with a total value of $2.1 billion. Commitments in the 2018 financial year included $1.1 billion in renewable energy ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Leong, associate director, National Australia Bank. Major noted that HESTA defines impact broadly, in that all the investments made by the $46 billion fund have an impact throughout the economy, and that while their investments are made for the ultimate ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Impact investments have quadrupled between 2015 and 2017, according to new report launched today by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University. Benchmarking ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) to manage a portfolio of environmental and socially responsible investments. Kathryn McDonald, director of investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg Rosenberg Equities is the quantitative platform of ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... 4.5 billion in assets and funds under management, with more than 940,000 hectares of forests, land, and conservation investments in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and the United States. "Wenita manages a high-quality forestry resource that will ...