Search Results

Showing 1541 - 1550 of 1904 results for "portfolio"

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... million Westpac Climate Bond. Proceeds of the Westpac Climate Bond will finance a AU$1b Australian-based clean energy portfolio, including energy efficient commercial buildings, CEFC noted. Through this financial year, the CEFC's investment mandate was ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... dollar green bond by an Australian government authority. The 1.75% 27 July 20121 TCV Green Bond proceeds will fund a portfolio of state investments in energy efficiency, reneable energy, public transport and water treatment, TCV said. The But is rated ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... the market. We're in a different place than we were five to 10 years ago, in the way that you can create a balanced portfolio in every asset class and every asset style." Within the core responsible investment basket, RIAA found that the largest portion ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The climate-aligned bond universe is US$694 billion, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative Bonds and Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2016 (SotM). The climate-aligned bond universe has grown 16% or US$96 billion from 2015, with unlabelled ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Report all affirm that they are being asked about the ESG approaches in questionnaires attached to fixed income portfolio mandates, but as yet, the integration of ESG has been around risk management strategies. "ESG is more about a risk ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia. "A lot of in-and-out strategies can mean you end up excluding entire industries that result in a not very diverse portfolio," Parker said. "This is a way of rewarding performance by weighting towards companies that are making an effort, and ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... carbon economy. Further to this, we are currently structuring a long-term note issuance programme, secured on a granular portfolio of MEP solar lease receivables, which is anticipated to be the first transaction of its kind in Europe." The knowledge ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... human rights carries greater reputational risk, which can potentially have a material impact on company earnings and portfolio returns. These violations, supply chain issues and modern slavery just some of the key issues facing investors. Investing and ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... transparent measure, de Marcillac said. "As part of the product, we have a reporting tool and basically, you can compare your portfolio to the benchmark and measure the exposure to those sustainable impact solutions on each of the different themes," ...

CEFC commits to Westpac Efficient Financing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... Group has increased its proportion of renewable energy financing from 45% to 61% of its total electricity generation portfolio over the past five years. The bank's lending to the CleanTech sector was AU$6.1 billion in 2015, Westpac said. "As a globally ...