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UCA Funds Management certified as B Corp, signs Banking and Finance Oath

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
UCA Funds Management has been certified as a B Corporation and its staff has signed the Banking and Finance Oath. UCA Funds Management staff sign Banking and Finance Oath (photo courtesy of UCA Funds Management) UCA Funds Management joins more than ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... National Australia Bank. Major noted that HESTA defines impact broadly, in that all the investments made by the $46 billion fund have an impact throughout the economy, and that while their investments are made for the ultimate financial benefit of its ...

Impact investments quadruple to $5 billion in two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... report's launch earlier this week. The organisations originating these impact investments consist of six asset managers or fund managers; five banks or diversified financial institutions; four development finance institutions; two government agencies ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... model implementation portfolio. The new mandate is based off to the same strategy that fosm the AXA IM Sustainable Equity Fund, launched first in Australia in 2014, said Craig Hurt, AXA IM Head of Australia and New Zealand. CalPERS is the world's fifth ...

ASX200 stocks with strong ESG performance outperform: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... with that corporate to improve their disclosures or improve their management of those issue, that combination will provide a fund manager or asset owner additional alpha of 1.25% on average in terms of outperformance," said Pauline Vamos, Regnan CEO. ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Forestry investment manager New Forests' Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF2) has acquired a 38% shareholding in Wenita Forest Products Ltd (Wenita) and full ownership of the Otago Land Company. New Forests is acquiring the assets from The Rohatyn ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... project includes $25 million in direct equity, alongside $34 million in additional equity via the Palisade Renewable Energy Fund (PREF). "We are delighted to have the CEFC commit to this project as one of Palisade's key clients, which sends a positive ...

Mercer advises Business As Different approach to ESG issues

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... approach will shape the future of your stakeholders, whether they're a university endowment or beneficiaries of a superannuation fund." Mercer continues to see more investors insisting that their investment managers adopt a long-term mindset by integrating ...

bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... some external ESG data - but little or no formal integration in the investment process." The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is paving the way locally as being an active asset owner, but there hasn't been a uniform demand for ESG integration ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors including AustralianSuper, Cbus and UniSuper have scaled up engaging with "systematically important" greenhouse gas emitting companies globally under the Climate Action 100+ initiative. Climate Action 100+ was launched in December ...