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Community 21 issues shares after phase one capital raising

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Community 21 has closed the first phase of its capital raising, after hitting minimum subscription level, and has issued shares to 21 not-for-profit investors. Peter Quarmby, Community 21 executive director Community 21 is the financial services company ...

bankmecu to participate in GABV bank investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015  |  NEWS
bankmecu will participate in an open-ended impact investment fund that will provide values-based banks with capital to promote growth. Damien Walsh, bankmecu managing director The Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), of which bankmecu is a ...

Aust/NZ investors committed to ESG in alt investments: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
Investors in Australia and New Zealand are strongly committed to integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations in their alternative asset investments, according to Mercer. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia ...

RobecoSAM launches 2015 assessment for DJSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015  |  NEWS
RobecoSAM has launched the 2015 corporate sustainability assessment, its annual evaluation that is the basis for the construction of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). RobecoSAM has invited more than 3,400 of the largest companies, based on ...

Inflection Point CM to launch Carbon Zero fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
Inflection Point Capital Management will launch a Carbon Zero Global Equities long-only hedge fund in May. Matthew Kiernan, founder and chief executive, Inflection Point Capital Management The Carbon Zero Global Equities Fund will incorporate Inflection ...

Investors consider ESG in alternative assets: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
A majority of institutional investors "actively consider" environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in alternative asset allocations, according to a survey by LGT Capital Partners and Mercer. More than three quarters - 76% - of respondents ...

NAB places second green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
National Australia Bank has placed another green bond - this time $205 million in the United States bond markets to finance an Australian wind farm, the bank has announced. The bond funding is for the Hallett Hill (HH2) wind farm in South Australia ...

Women on Boards tracks gender diversity gains

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
There have been increases in the number of women on boards across many sectors in Australia, but progress is uneven and in some cases, such as on boards of state-owned corporations in Queensland, Western Australia and the federal government, there have ...

Companies, investors cite overlapping materiality: GRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
There is a high degree of overlap in what organisational reporters using the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework consider material, and what investors consider material, according to an analysis conducted by GRI and RobecoSAM. In the report ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AMP Capital will advise Japanese company GII on investments in renewable energy assets, as part of AMP Capital's ongoing financial relationship with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB). AMP Capital will assist GII in acquiring high quality ...