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Investment and the art of political maintenance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... and sovereign risk concerns, and they, in turn, impact on the political system in providing for the long term income and capital needs for Australian residents and citizens. The way in which superannuation funds interact with internal stakeholders such ...

Canada adopts mining payment regime, Australia next?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... similar its legislation, the transparency laws cover "around 70% of the value of extractive companies in the world's major capital markets, including - in addition to Australian companies - Chinese, Russian, Brazilian and other state-owned companies," ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... governments to grow the global green bond market. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative chair Calvert Investments, Addenda Capital, F&C Investments, MN Investments and NEI Investments have signed on to the Investor Statement on Green Bonds and Climate ...

AMP Capital assesses ESG risks in food, beverage sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... beverage sector are exposed to "relatively high" sustainability risks that overlap and interact, according to a review by AMP Capital. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, AMP Capital The 37 companies that make up the ASX's food and beverage sector are exposed to thematic ...

KKR invests in Sundrop Farms expansion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) has provided growth capital to Sundrop Farms, a South Australia-based arid climate agribusiness. The funding, which comes from KKR's Asian Fund II, will be used to "significantly expand" Sundrop Farms' glasshouse facility ...

Financial System Inquiry recommends on impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... market will realise savings and benefits to the community and governments at every level. It will result in increased capital flow to the community sector, enable government to fund preventative social services with greater efficacy, and improve innovation ...

NAB issues $150m green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... investment position in NAB's Climate Bond issuance to demonstrate the potential in the Australian market for mobilising capital in renewable energy through green bonds," said Oliver Yates, CEFC CEO. "Australian and global institutional investors are ...

The GIIN launches impact investing training programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... training program is to "enable impact investment fund managers in high-growth regions to better attract, deploy and manage capital," the GIIN said. Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia were both cited as areas "poised" for high growth, with 91.8% of fund ...

Westpac increases lending to cleantech, enviro services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... five-year fixed rate Australian-dollar denominated Kangaroo Green Bond, the first ever in the Australian domestic market. RBS Capital Markets and Westpac Institutional Bank were the joint-lead managers for this transaction. In 2013, Westpac Institutional ...

Too few companies performing water risks assessment: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Water insecurity is likely to constrain companies' business growth, but water risk assessments are "often" falling short in both direct operations and supply chain, according to CDP. Cate Lamb, head of CDP's water program CDP recently published the ...