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Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Financial inclusion isn't just a worthy social goal for banks - it also represents potential revenue that EY estimates could be as high as US$88 billion by 2020 in the Asia Pacific region. Jan Bellens, EY global emerging markets leader EY has published ...

CEFC commits $30 million to Coleambally Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed $30 million in debt finance to the 150MW Coleambally Solar Farm in New South Wales. Neoen Australia is developing the Coleambally Solar Farm, which will be NSW's largest development. "We are ...

Vision Super publishes Corporate Responsibility report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Vision Super has highlighted its increased active shareholding activity in 2017, including votes pushing companies towards greater disclosure of climate change related risk. Michael Wyrsch, CIO, Vision Super Vision Super has released its latest Corporate ...

CEFC, Australian Ethical Investment invest in Dexus Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
Dexus has completed the first round of equity raising for the environmentally sustainable Healthcare Wholesale Property Fund (HWPF). HWPF is an Australian-first portfolio of hospital and healthcare assets with an environmentally sustainable focus. HWPF ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs large-scale solar developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has financed two more large-scale solar developments, meaning that their total investments have helped accelerate the delivery of more than 1GW of additional solar energy across 20 projects. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...

CEFC invests $200m into QIC Shopping Centre Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) will invest $200 million into QIC's Global Real Estate flagship Shopping Centre Fund (QSCF) with the goal of improving energy performance across the QSCF shopping centre portfolio. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
Fixed income fund managers and asset owners are following in the footsteps of their equity counterparts when it comes to engaging with companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics in bonds, but ESG factors have different impacts on ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The disruption of transport with electric vehicles (EV) and autonomous vehicles will reshape cities, industries and expose investors to both risks and opportunities, according to a panel at Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual ...

Australian government launches impact investment fund for Asian SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Australian government has introduced a $40 million impact investing initiative aimed at leveraging private investment in small and medium enterprises in the Asia Pacific. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced the Emerging Markets Impact Investment ...

Clean Energy Finance Corporation publishes 2016/2017 annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made more than $2 billion in new commitments in 35 individual transactions in the 2016-2017 financial year, according to its annual report. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation "The CEFC ...