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CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... you're going to get, but it's going to be there. That's what's dawning on other people - the downside is low and the upside is high." In addition to its direct mandates from clients, Palisade is also launching a pooled renewable energy fund (Palisade's ...

ARENA makes six new appointments to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... development and deployment of renewable energy, and will build on our portfolio of over 200 projects by continuing to assess high-value project proposals in our existing funding pipeline." Among other projects, ARENA is currently evaluating 22 projects ...

Investors call for affordable housing bonds, aggregating body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Institutional investors have expressed support for a government-established intermediary aggregators to issue bonds to finance large scale affordable housing projects. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia ...

Mirvac launches social return on investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... of Statistics, for example. "If we look at sense of safety [in our residential developments], we're able to see yes, it's high," Breavington said. "But if you drill into the dollar amount, it's derived from two sources - survey results of residents ...

Laing O'Rourke pilots moveable solar-diesel power plant

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... funding support has been crucial to the project's success so far. ABB's robust microgrid solutions combined with SunPower's high-performance solar panels enabled the system to perform fault-free for the trial period," Rayward-Smith said. "SunSHIFT provides ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... been done, it's easily replicable for future issuance." Tapley also noted that the cost of verifying a green bond is not as high as perceived in the market, and gives greater confidence for institutional investors with ESG policies. "An issuer obtaining ...

Government launches new Clean Energy Innovation Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The federal government will retain the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and has announced that the two specialist agencies will jointly manage a AU$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF). ...

Australian Ethical hires equities analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... growth in inflows is a result of strong investment performance, which is in turn driven by our unique investment process and high quality investment team," said David Macri, chief investment officer at Australian Ethical. "Mark's extensive knowledge ...

Urgent need for social impact metrics development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... there's been any thought given to how that funding works out, because in a competitive environment, when you don't have a high barrier to entry, you can see a situation where you can have competition coming into the space, and someone can easily get ...

Cities provide essential collaboration: C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
Big cities' governments around the world are investing and collaborating on climate change related issues as a way of making their cities more attractive places for people to live, according to Mark Watts, executive director, C40 Cities Climate Leadership ...