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Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Energy Investments (BEI), a portfolio of wind and solar renewable generation assets. Cbus Super and the Dutch Infrastructure Fund (DIF) will own 80.1% equity in the portfolio, while Synergy, the West Australian government-owned electricity generator ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $150 million in the IFM Investors' managed IMF Australian Infrastructure Fund, which will target emissions reduction and energy efficiency initiatives across IFM-owned assets. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... sector disclosure regulation and guidance for companies, and climate change and disclosure-related aspects of superannuation fund regulation. "The report suggests that the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) update SPS 530 (Investment Governance) ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Man Group is considering the impacts of divestment from tobacco as part of its broader approach to responsible investing. Jason Mitchell, sustainability strategist, Man Group, The fund manager does not have a blanket policy of divestment ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... traditionally been the scale of the investment opportunities they dealt with. As soon as an investor with the scale of a pension fund looked at an individual impact investment, it rapidly became uneconomical for them to manage such small investments ...

New Forests given award for portfolio of carbon offset projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 5,450,000 CCOs and forecasts more than 19 million tonnes of carbon abatement over the term of its Forest Carbon Partners fund. "We are growing our investment program in the US in line with the rising demand for low-carbon investments, and we are able ...

Exploring the risks, impacts of future of work on investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The future of work and the impacts of automation, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) on society and the economy is a mega-trend that will impact on superannuation investment on a number of levels. Pauline Vamos, CEO, Regnan A recent Morgan Stanley ...

Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... research from EY. Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader According to a new EY paper, How Do You Fund A Sustainable Tomorrow, " there is an estimated US$2.5t funding gap each year until 2030. Global financial and capital markets ...

CEFC investing up to $100m in Lendlease-managed property fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is committing up to $100 million to the Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial (APPF Commercial) with the goal of achieving net zero emissions from the portfolio as early as 2025. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... standard. To achieve accreditation, BetaShares demonstrated that investors are given access to detailed information about how the Fund takes into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) and ethical issues in the investment process. "We are ...