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Stakeholders assess ESG policy priorities for Parliament

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... roles - market builder, market participant and a market enabler." Impact Investing Australia is seeking funding for Impact Capital Australia, an AU$300 million co-investment vehicle to fund innovation in community and social programs. Impact Investing ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... limiting global warming to well below two degrees," Herd said. "Climate bonds have an important role to play by delivering capital into projects which reduce emissions and increase resilience to climate impacts." HSBC Climate Change Centre of Excellence ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... funds is growing, institutional investors are still working to integrate ESG metrics into their strategies. Ian Woods, AMP Capital Investors Fixed income has been seen by the investment management industry as a challenge when it comes to ESG-related ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... People living in regional Australia are more likely to run out of money at the end of a pay cycle than people living in capital cities, with 22.7% of regional Australian adults reporting being caught short, compared with 16.4% of people living in capital ...

Podcast: Australia's Affordable Housing Solution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Bono Australia News to investigate the challenges and opportunities for developing affordable housing. Leveraging private capital, including that of Australia's $1.4 trillion superannuation industry, could unlock significant investment in the sector. ...

ACCR highlights lack of transparency in political donations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... declare donates over $13,000. You don't know where that money can go - you can have that money going to the [Australian Capital Territory]. You could have that money going to Victoria, etc. You can also have companies donate to trade associations." However ...

Disconnects holding back gender diversity: EY report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... place." The expectations of an increase in gender diversity is not evenly distributed across industries - 27% of banking and capital market executives expect "a substantial increase in the number of women in leadership," while only 6% of insurance respondents ...

MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
German solar power systems provider MEP Werke GmbH and its sponsor and private equity investor Strasser Capital GmbH, are joining the partner program of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). MEP Werke said that joining the partner program is the first step ...

Video: Investing and human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... how to measure, manage and monitor human rights impacts in at a recent discussion sponsored by MSCI and hosted by AMP Capital Investors in Sydney. The panel was moderated by The Sustainability Report. The panel included Alice Cope, executive manager ...

IGCC outlines climate change policy priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... policy priorities are "stable and durable climate change policy settings" that will underpin investor confidence and unlock capital for investment in low carbon solutions that are needed to achieve the goals under the Paris Agreement, said Emma Herd ...