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Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Hartnett, head of sustainability, Local Government Super The Green Bond Pledge is an international declaration that all bonds financing long-term infrastructure and capital projects need to address environmental impacts and climate risk, reflecting "the ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Despite the strong issuance of green bonds in Australia and New Zealand, both counties need to muster more capital allocation to generate investment in green infrastructure to meet international mitigation and emissions commitments, according to the ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... new, $440 million fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager PIMCO. The mandate will cover global credit and government bonds, LGS said. "We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with PIMCO," said Craig Turnbull, LGS chief investment ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... processes.... historically, people have gone to equities first, and now they're looking at spreading that out to categories of bonds." Green bonds continue to grow in popularity as well. "Green bonds are a massive one, and the theme within the ESG investing- ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... partnership with Good Shepherd Microfinance, and their work to find scale and develop the investment pipeline, such as the bonds that NAB have issued. Goodman, who also works on the Giant Leap Fund, an early stage venture capital fund that looks at scalable ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... made between 2010 and 2017, with 101 assets actively being managed at 31 December 2017 and 27 exits or repayments. Green bonds are a significant slice of the impact investing market, accounting for $4.9 billion of the 2018 data set. The funds raised ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... the market globally," White said. "In 2014, we agreed to make a global commitment to invest $100 million in social impact bonds, globally." Since that time, the desire to commit more to impact investing has expanded, leading up to the creation of the ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... together towards a common objective." "The authors of the book have contributed thinking to the development of community bonds, which was then incorporated in some of the thinking behind the Community Sports Infrastructure Loans pilot," Noble said. "The ...

CEFC makes its 10th investment in large-scale wind farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Queensland, Victoria and South Australia. The CEFC has also indirectly invested in wind projects via its commitments to green bonds and equity funds. Since the CEFC began investing in 2013, a total of 44 wind projects have been built or reached financial ...

Future Super Renewables Plus option sees $50 million inflow in two weeks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Renewables Plus's renewable energy investments are in stocks, but Verway said the majority of investment will come from bonds, infrastructure debt and direct investment in unlisted assets, such as private equity. Investing in bonds, infrastructure and ...