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QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... homelessness." QBE has also invested in the The Benevolent Society Social Benefit Bond in New South Wales, and has also invested in green bonds, such as the World Bank's IFC Green Bond, White said. QBE acknowledged that as impact investing is still in ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... farm in NSW and the second project with the CEFC," said Alex Hewitt. "Half of the project's generation is being sold to green energy retailer Meridian Energy and the remainder is being purchased progressively by corporate customers. We are very impressed ...

CEFC extends investment with P2P lender RateSetter by 18 months

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... products. The CEFC seeded RateSetter with $20 million, and will extend its agreement for a further 18 months. The loans finance green product purchases including solar panels, battery systems, energy efficient lighting and energy efficient heating and ...

NZ Super Fund invests US$65 million in Rubicon Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The NZ Super Fund has invested US$65 million in cloud-based waste and recycling technology company Rubicon Global. The US$65 million investment falls under the fund's expansion capital, which is a type of private equity investment in relatively mature ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... investment, including establishing an EU classification system for sustainable activities, creating standards and labels for green financial products, while also developing sustainability benchmarks and clarifying institutional investors' and asset managers' ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... with SDGs targets, and companies with more than 25% of revenue associated with SDG targets. "There are opportunities with green bonds, and we have been corresponding with banks around the world expressing our desire for more green bonds," Kibble said. ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... performance, a 16% increase on 2015. Sustainability is here to stay Australia's first property fund to be awarded a 6-Star Green Star performance rating across all of its assets was launched in December 2017. Fully carbon neutral portfolios are likely ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
When companies announce share buybacks, are they returning value to shareholders, propping up earnings per share statistics, or responding to perverse incentives in executive remuneration? Since the US government passed significant corporate tax cuts ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Cbus Super has invested into Bright Energy Investments (BEI), a portfolio of wind and solar renewable generation assets. Cbus Super and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF) will own 80.1% equity in the portfolio, while Synergy, the West Australian government-owned ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $150 million in the IFM Investors' managed IMF Australian Infrastructure Fund, which will target emissions reduction and energy efficiency initiatives across IFM-owned assets. Ian Learmonth, CEO ...