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CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Palisade Investment Partners will launch a new fund strategy that will invest in renewable energy projects in Australia. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO CEFC is allocating up ...

MSCI launch MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
MSCI have launched the MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index and MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics, which provide measurements of companies whose products and services aimed at addressing social and environmental challenges. Linda-Eling Lee executive ...

ARENA makes six new appointments to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Six new directors have been appointed to the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) board. Environment Minister Mr Greg Hunt announced that Martijn Wilder AM, Susan Jeanes, Meg McDonald, Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, Maria Atkinson AM and Jonathan Jutsen ...

Investors call for affordable housing bonds, aggregating body

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Institutional investors have expressed support for a government-established intermediary aggregators to issue bonds to finance large scale affordable housing projects. Ian Learmonth, executive director of impact investing, Social Ventures Australia ...

Investors should measure climate risks: South Pole Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Investors should systematically measure climate risks for their investments as well as develop specific internal capabilities in the area of climate change, South Pole Group has recommended to the Senate Inquiry on Carbon Risk Disclosure. Max Horster ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Infrastructure investment manager and private equity manager Foresight Group has hired Gary Sofarelli to lead its Sydney-based office. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) provided an AU$100 million cornerstone investment to the Foresight Group's ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The green bond/climate bond market is expected to continue strong growth in 2016, spurred on by commitments made in last year's COP21 Paris Agreement. Industry experts predict that Australia will also see issuance in 2016, but as in other regions, the ...

Government launches new Clean Energy Innovation Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The federal government will retain the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and has announced that the two specialist agencies will jointly manage a AU$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF). ...

Australian Ethical hires equities analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has hired Mark Williams as an equities analyst. Williams comes to Australian Ethical from Morgans. He has 10 years' experience in financial markets, and prior to working at Morgan's, he worked at ABN AMRO/RBS/CIMB. "Much of Australian ...

Ayers Rock Resort finishes 1.8MW PV system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
Voyages Indigenous Tourism Australia and Epuron have completed a 1.8MW solar photovoltaic system at the Ayers Rock Resort. One of the arrays forming the 1.8MW solar photovoltaic system at the Ayers Rock Resort (photo courtesy of Voyages) The Clean Energy ...