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Climate Bonds Initiative releases Water Criteria Phase 2 Consultation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... to evaluate bond investments bringing climate mitigation, vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning to the fixed income investment space," according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Water Phase 2 Criteria have been developed throughout 2016 and ...

IGCC survey finds institutional investors seeking to increase low-carbon investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... analysed where investors are currently active across major markets and asset classes and found that real estate and fixed income predominated. Real estate - and particularly commercial building space - was popular. There is more than 21 million square ...

Australian Catholic University issues $200m Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... $500 million for the first ever social bond focusing on gender equality. The NAB Social Bond (Gender Equality) is a fixed income obligation that will be used to finance or refinance organisations that the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) cites ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses disclosure of use of proceeds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... work on Green Bonds at BlackRock for several years," said Ashley Schulten, director and head of Climate Solutions, Fixed Income at BlackRock. "In 2014, when we met with issuers of green bonds and pressed for impact reporting metrics we were routinely ...

Sustainable Melbourne Fund, Victorian government to spread word on EUAs to SMEs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... 200% increases, and it's crippling them. Solar becomes a quick and easy solution, particularly when we finance at fixed income rates over a long period for payback." Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change, Lily D'Ambrosio, launched the new ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... mainstream, large institutional investors who increasingly are being pushed out of traditional asset classes like fixed income and equities and things like direct forestry, agriculture and infrastructure," Brand said. "They want to feel confident that ...

Neuberger Berman hires new head of environmental, social and governance investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... with the firm's investment teams and research departments to "further incorporate ESG principles into the equities, fixed income and alternatives platforms," Neuberger Berman said. He will also assist portfolio managers in considering ESG in their analytical ...

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... investing is increasingly an important focus for many of our clients, yet there is a shortage of compelling ESG-oriented fixed income solutions available to investors," said Adrian Stewart, head of PIMCO Australia and New Zealand. "Having spent the last ...

S&P DJI launches Green Bond Select Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... heart of this, is the second generation of green bond indices, which are more streamlined and more aligned with wider fixed income propositions, including growth, transparency around the definition of green and an additional layer of eligibility criteria ...

AMP Capital to divest from tobacco, controversial weapons

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... shareholders, employees, the community and the environment." The $440 million in tobacco manufacturers is held in fixed income and equities, while AMP Capital didn't specify the asset class or classes of the $130 million in cluster munitions and landmines. ...