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PE, VC vehicles to drive sustainable investment pipeline

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Private equity and venture capital are increasingly seen as asset classes where social and environmental impacts as well as financial return can be scaled up, according to a panel of fund managers. Speaking at the recent Responsible Investment Association ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
It is possible to generate positive real world social and environmental outcomes through investment in a variety of asset classes while also generating financial returns, according to an expert panel at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Northern Trust AM names head of sustainable investing and stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Northern Trust Asset Management has hired Julie Moret as global head of sustainable investing and stewardship, a newly created role. Moret will oversee the firm's sustainable investing and global engagement policies, foster research and product development ...

APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Institutional investors in Asia Pacific are more likely than their counterparts in North America to take action on climate change, but investors in Europe are still leading the pack, according to PGIM. PGIM recently surveyed 101 institutional investor ...

APRA to conduct climate vulnerability assessment on banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
APRA is developing a framework to assess Australia's largest banks for their vulnerability to climate risk. APRA is working in partnership with the country's five largest banks to design a climate vulnerability assessment (CVA) which will assess not ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Super fund trustees are "squeezed" when it comes to managing climate risk, between members seeking divestment, regulatory guidance on managing climate risk, and proposed legislation that may limit access to proxy advisers, according to the chair of ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's largest sustainability linked loan (SLL) has been inked, providing nearly $3 billion in finance linked to ESG improvements across a diversified property portfolio. Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has completed the SLL transaction ...

ARENA commits more than $100 million to clean hydrogen projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has approved more than $100 million towards three commercial-scale renewable hydrogen projects. ARENA will provide up to $42.5 to Engie Renewables Australia Pty Ltd (Engie)'s 10 MW electrolyser project ...

AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund hits net zero target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund (AWOF) has achieved net zero carbon status for its internally managed assets with a new renewable Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The PPA with Diamond Energy is linked to solar farms in central NSW. AMP Capital explains ...

AICD presses case for stakeholder role in governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... guide to stakeholder engagement by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Because directors have a duty to act in the best interest of the corporation and have the discretion to determine what is in the long-term interests of the corporation ...