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QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Insurer QBE has committed a minimum $100 million towards impact investing this year as part of a global-first initiative. Phil White, QBE CEO Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) and ANZO Premiums4Good Champion QBE has committed to investing a proportion ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... excludes more than 1700 companies from investment, formalised around three areas - climate change, fossil fuels and environment, weapons, and ethical values and human rights. Nanuk also aligns its investments to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ...

Australian Millennials question business motivations, ethics: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... job creation, innovation, enhancing employees' lives and careers, and making a positive impact on society and the environment. But, "when asked what the organisations they work for focus on, millennials cited generating profit, driving efficiencies ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Alphinity Investment Management has launched the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund (SSF), which "seeks to address the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda in its investment." Bruce Smith, principal and portfolio manager of the Alphininty ...

Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Future Super has announced that $50 million has flowed into its new Future Super Growth (Renewables Plus) option in the 10 days since the fund option has been in operation., from Wikimedia Commons Renewables Plus option "boasts an industry-leading 20% ...

CEFC extends investment with P2P lender RateSetter by 18 months

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has extended its investment with peer-to-peer lender RateSetter for the finance of energy efficient and renewable energy products. RateSetter is the CEFC's first investment in a peer-to-peer lending platform. ...

ASX adds social license to operate, TCFD to corporate governance guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The ASX Corporate Governance Council has proposed a further evolution to its recommendations for how listed companies disclose environmental and social sustainability risks, including social license to operate and greater guidance on carbon risk. Louise ...

CEFC provides finance to boost energy rating for Melbourne hotel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... providing finance to drive Pro-invest group to achieve a 5-star energy rating under the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS). As part of the CEFC finance, Pro-invest Group will "lift the design standard for the project, ensuring ...

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 ...

Regnan research finds correlation between company performance, conduct culture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
There is a positive correlation between share performance of a company and executive management of ethics and conduct culture, according to new research from Regan. Pauline Vamos, Regnan chief executive Regnan has published an extract of research conducted ...