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Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... investors are provided the stability of long term cashflows because of the housing support in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) while providing a social impact, Tominc noted. "There's a hidden problem of a bunch of young people who are ...

QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
QBE Insurance Group (QBE) has invested in Save the Children's Impact Investment Fund, as part of its dedicated Impact Investment program, Premiums4Good. QBE is the anchor investor in the fund, and the six million-dollar close will enable Save the ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... detectable, what's are we talking about when we have a degree or two more of global warming? " According to the Insurance Council of Australia, insurers have already paid more than $3.85 billion in claims to date for four of these major weather events ...

AGL launches electric vehicle subscription service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... will come from a range of brands like Tesla, Jaguar, Hyundai and Nissan. The service will also include registration, insurance, tyres, repairs, roadside assistance and carbon neutral credits, AGL said. During the pilot phases, the service is only available ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and assets), increased operating costs, increased capital costs, reduced revenues from lower sales/output, increased insurance premiums and potential for reduced availability of insurance on as-sets in 'high-risk' locations. In addition, there ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... It will also require the industry to develop methods to predict and disclose estimated costs associated with rises in insurance premiums from increased climate-related risks, and changes to valuation outlooks associated with the physical impacts of climate ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... issues." Berrutti pointed to Godrej Consumer Products as an example of a founder-led listed company that provided health insurance to more than 4,000 employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. Where founders have presided over a company with strong conduct ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... legislative move to require mandatory carbon reporting for companies as well as pension investors; and California's Insurance Commissioner's ruling that insurance companies doing business in his state have to divest from companies that derive 30% or ...

Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... plan of up to $500 offered to people who have successfully repaid a NILS or StepUP loan, and simple car and contents insurance with flexible payment options. The first stores opened up in Collingwood and Dandenong in Victoria eight years ago. Since then ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... director, head of equity derivatives, Australia The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), First State Super and QBE Insurance have taken up the $140 issuance, with is linked to a newly developed Australian Climate Transition (ACT) Index, with proceeds ...