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HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... health and community services sector. This is the trust's first allocation. "We have a very flexible mandate in terms of the asset allocation," Learnmonth said. "We're looking at the full range - debt, mezzanine and equity style investments. Given that ...

Statewide Super signs Paris Pledge for Action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
Statewide Super has signed the Paris Pledge for Action, a supporting document resulting from the United Nations COP21 climate summit. Signatories to the Paris Pledge for Action promise to ensure that the ambitions in the Paris Agreement are met or exceeded. ...

Altius Sustainable Bond Fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) as a responsible investment fund. Gavin Goodhand, senior portfolio manager, Altius Asset Management The Altius Sustainable Bond Fund was launched in December 2014 and is a diversified Australian fixed interest ...

ESG RA to become RIAA working group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... O'Connor, RIAA CEO ESG Research Associates has been an Australian association of superannuation funds, fund managers and asset consultants dedicated to "the amount and quality of stock broker research in Australia that includes consideration of environmental ...

Global Investors sign Paris Green Bonds Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors and other stakeholders have made commitments to support the further development of green bonds as part of the activity needed to achieve climate change goals arising form the Paris Climate Summit (COP21). Twenty seven global ...

ACSI annual report outlines 2015-2018 strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors reported that 78% of engagement targets showed improvement in the 2014/2015 year, while also increasing the number of companies they engaged with by 20%. Louise Davidson, ACSI CEO ACSI released its ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... property owners, building upgrades can reduce operating costs, increase yields, help attract and retain tenants and improve asset values." There is potential for retrofitting activities using building upgrade finance in buildings where government offices ...

Future Super goes carbon neutral

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... South Pole Group. "There's a business case for being fossil fuel free, and a case about risk and the management of stranded asset risk," said Simon Sheikh, managing director of Future Super. Future Super is funding the purchase of the carbon credit offsets ...

Mercer speaks on managing future risks, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
Managing the future risks of investment portfolios and meeting the future needs of retirees will require new tools, according to Jane Ambachtsheer, chair and global head of responsible investment, Mercer Investments. Jane Ambachtsheer, Mercer Investments ...

CEFC commits $100m to Australian Bioenergy Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has committed AU$100 million to a new Australian Bioenergy Fund, which will aim to accelerate development in Australia's bioenergy sector. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Australian ...