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TCorp recaps performance of $5.2 billion sustainability bond programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, added $4.1 billion of eligible sustainable assets to its Sustainability Bond Programme in the 2021 financial year. In its most recent sustainability report ...

Future Super in $6 billion acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... complete, Future Super Group will leapfrog current market leader Australian Ethical to become the largest dedicated ethical investment manager. Australian Ethical Investments managed $6.54 billion as of the end of September 2021. Future Super will buy ...

New Forests calls for demand and supply integrity on carbon credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... Forests manages $6 billion in assets across 1 million hectares (2.4 million acres) of investments. New Forests' investment portfolio consists of sustainable forest plantations, areas of natural forest conservation, carbon projects, rural land and ...

Emerging HNW seek ESG, ethical investments: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Emerging high net wealth investors are more likely to rate ESG, ethical and responsible investment considerations as being important than other segments of the HNW sector, according to research commissioned by Praemium. Praemium commissioned research ...

Leadership essential in implementing ESG: BNP Paribas Securities Services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... figure is higher than both the global (35%) and regional (40%) averages. Leadership seems to be a key component for the investment industry. Lack of backing from senior leadership appears to be a greater barrier among investors in Australia (39%) compared ...

Integrating just transitions into climate calculations: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... should become part of investors' decarbonisation strategies, according to Mercer. Mercer senior sustainability investment specialist Jillian Reid noted that investors need to "get much better at connecting the economic with the environmental and ...

CBA announces $250 in green financing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... assets via the framework we have, all the green assets that are available for funding, we use the same rigour on the investment side." The certified Green Repo is an agreement between the bank and Northern Trust to exchange general collateral for cash ...

Hejaz Financial Services make senior banking appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... application to APRA as a restricted ADI. Hejaz Financial Services currently provide lending services for homes and investment properties as well as superannuation and managed funds, but obtaining the restricted ADI license would allow them to expand ...

SSGA hires from CareSuper for APAC ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has created the new role of ESG investment strategist for Asia Pacific and hired a CareSuper specialist to fill it. In the new role, Xinting Jia report globally to Karen Wong, global head of ESG and Sustainable Investing ...

Vestas Wind Systems call for federal support for energy grid transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... of, what are the things that the federal government could do to tangibly help to achieve that, one of the biggest is investment in the grid." According to the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, 24% of Australia's electricity came from renewable ...