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Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... California Governor's Office, California Treasurer's Office, Global Optimism, NRDC and The Climate Group. "When green investments move from business plans into budgets and balance sheets a wealth of opportunity will be unlocked across the value chain," ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... 28.56% since inception in February 2017. "There's a growing desire amongst investors to align their values with their investments, and part of the challenge is finding product that is investible to retail investors," Series said. "We need to develop ...

Evolution towards autonomous vehicles present infrastructure investment: AMP Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... baseload between day and night, with different power generation capacity versus today, and when that comes to utility investments, you're investing in companies which have pre-defined regulatory framework. For every dollar you put into the ground to ...

Less than one-fifth of board, executive positions held by women globally: Vigeo Eiris

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... comes to representation at board and representation level in our region. Australian investors are looking to Japan for investments, so there's an opportunity for engagement." Leske also noted that at CAER, they look at the Vigeo Eiris global data set ...

Video: Responsible Investment Coming of Age - Full Panel Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Responsible investments have more than quadrupled over the past three years to $622 billion in assets under management (AUM) in 2016, with nearly half (44%) of Australia's assets under management now being invested through some form of RI strategy ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Legg Mason's fixed income affiliate Western Asset Managementwill remove investments linked to tobacco and cluster munitions from the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund and the Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund. The decision to remove ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... sustainable strategic advantage, we can achieve the same return expectations that other healthcare private equity investments do," Midberry said. "And we think we can do it with more regularity. This is a subspecialty of healthcare where capital investment ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Nicki Ashton, head of strategic partnerships, Institutional Australia, Russell Investments Global asset manager Russell Investments has created a methodology to provide material ESG scores for companies within its investment universe. The methodology ...

Acorns Grow Australia to launch superannuation product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... "Moderately Aggressive" portfolio and aims to achieve similar returns. It is invested in exchange traded funds - the Russell Investments Australian Responsible Investment ETF (RARI) and the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). "For some ...

Australian Ethical Investment reports AUM of $2.6 billion for half year

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical. "People are demanding transparency and accountability in all aspects of their life, including their investments. They want to know their money is working hard to build a better world that they can enjoy in their own retirement, for ...