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International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Bank, has issued an AU$300 million Kangaroo social bond, the first of its kind. The Kangaroo social bond will be used to fund a program that "benefits women entrepreneurs and low-income people in emerging markets and conflict-affected states." It is ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... (IIGCC) since 2003. They currently have almost â,¬1 billion invested in green bonds and launched a new â,¬100 million fund late 2017, currently valued at â,¬133 million, the Climate Bonds Initiative noted. "BNP Paribas Asset Management is fully ...

Eight Investment Partners launches 8IP Australian Equity Impact Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Eight Investment Partners (8IP) has launched its first retail Australian equities fund geared towards capturing environmental/social impact in ASX-listed. Kerry Series, principal and chief investment officer, 8 Investment Partners 8IP seeded the 8IP ...

$12.5 million ARENA initiative to fund distributed energy resources projects, studies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a $12.5 million initiative to fund pilot projects and studies to integrate distributed energy resources (DER) into the electricity system. The aim of the initiative is to increase the proportion ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... companies produce and use those considerations in their portfolio construction. Stewart Investors is primarily an equity fund manager, covering Asia Pacific, emerging markets, worldwide and sustainable investment strategies, primarily based in Edinburgh ...

Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... appointments are "in response to Australian Ethical's ongoing growth in funds under management (FUM) and memberships," the fund manager said. Australian Ethical recently reported FUM of $2.6 billion. "We are a purpose-driven business and people are highly ...

Local Government Super co-files ACCR-organised Rio Tinto shareholder resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Government Super, the $4.1 billion Church of England Pensions Board and the $69 billion Seventh Swedish National Pension Fund (AP7). "We were over 100 with the individual shareholders - small shareholdings they hold personally or through a SMSF or a ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Asset Managementwill remove investments linked to tobacco and cluster munitions from the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund and the Legg Mason Western Asset Australian Bond Fund. The decision to remove the affected issuers was done to ensure that ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... refurbishment, and so on. For us, we looked at what we could achieve with the grant funding alone, as if we were to grant-fund the whole hospital. We could do seven times as many hospitals if we could use the grant money as an investment." Japanese pharmaceutical ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Institutional Australia, at Russell Investments. "We're going to be developing that more quickly around things like the low-carbon fund in Australia, where we can do that more directly. We will also look to integrating it in terms of the active management ...