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Instreet Investment buys The Emerald Club

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... TAUM in 2013. RIAA defines core responsible investment as "ethical, socially responsible, impact investments, community finance and sustainability themed investments." The report also found that the total funds under management in Australia and New Zealand ...

Green bond issuance hits US$36.6 billion for 2014

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... European Investment Bank (EIB), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD, World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The Climate Bonds Initiative reports that there has been a diversification in product types, such as the ...

Foresters Community Finance appoint new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
Foresters Community Finance has hired Ashley Hood as its new CEO. Hood has more than 25 years' experience in the banking in the banking industry, and has held senior executive roles in the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as well as executive director roles ...

ACCR to continue engaging over banks' carbon disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
... transportation, and we consider that to be a carbon liability. However, banks are only categorising the actual mines they finance. It's clear that there is an awful lot more that is needed to be disclosed."

Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... political impact as well, as the trustees of the Australian National University or the staff or board of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) can attest to. It ultimately means that superannuation funds use tools to shape and participate in the ...

Christian Super selects three impact investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... student loans for the purposes of social development, the IFC Catalyst Fund, a private equity fund run by the International Finance Corporation that invests in renewable energy projects in emerging markets, and the G lobal Energy Efficiency and Renewable ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... bond, which raised AU$300 million. NAB's climate bond was certified under the Climate Bonds Standards, with proceeds to finance a portfolio of renewable energy assets, including wind farms and solar energy facilities in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania ...

PRI announces new Advisory Council members

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... (investment managers and professional service providers), two permanent UN representatives (from the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact), and an appointed chair. It represents the PRI's global signatory base, with reserved ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund launches Solar Finance program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... financing options for cost-effective solar installation. Scott Bocskay, CEO of the Sustainable Melbourne Fund SMF's Solar Finance program uses the established vehicle of environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs) as a means of providing finance for solar ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... experienced and knowledgeable team to pursue new growth opportunities in Australia and internationally." The Clean Energy Finance Corporation's (CEFC) made an early commitment of cornerstone debt financing for the project, making a commitment of up to ...