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AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
AMP Capital will advise Japanese company GII on investments in renewable energy assets, as part of AMP Capital's ongoing financial relationship with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUTB). AMP Capital will assist GII in acquiring high quality ...

Funds using custodian to monitor ESG mandates: J.P. Morgan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are using their custodians to assist in monitoring manager adherence to environmental, social and governance (ESG) requirements, according to J. P. Morgan Investor Services. Custodians are the repository of data on asset level ...

Future Super founders to launch Future Home Loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The founders of Future Super will branch out into the home loans space by launching a service encouraging people to take up or switch their home loans to banks that do not finance the expansion of the fossil fuel sector. Future Home Loans will launch ...

Global sustainable investments rise to US$21.4tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The global sustainable market now stands at US$21.4 trillion, a growth of 61% since 2012, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIR) 2014. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The GSIR 2014 is the second report into the size and characteristics ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Regulator has announced that the first Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF) auction will take place on 15 April, and experts say the participants will most likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer ...

Teachers Mutual Bank leads in community investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank spent 4.55% of pre-tax profits on community investment in the last financial year, making the bank a global leader, according to the 2014 London Benchmarking Group (LBG). The 4.55% figure is AU$1.67 million of pre-tax profits for ...

NSW develops first social impact investment policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
The New South Wales government will target bringing two new social impact investment transactions to market per year as part of a ten-point social impact investment policy announced this week. Daniel Madhavan, CEO, Impact Investing Australia NSW is ...

Westpac commits to recruiting 400 Indigenous university interns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
Westpac has committed to recruiting at least 40 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander university student interns annually for the next decade. Siobhan Toohill, Westpac The banking group signed a 10 year contract with CareerTrackers Indigenous Internship ...

GRI creates two leadership groups for future discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is forming two corporate leadership groups - one to further the international discussion on the purpose of sustainability reporting, and a second on the role of integrated reporting. The GRI has established the ...

CEFC finances $20m in business energy improvements

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2015  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Commonwealth Bank have financed AU$20 million in energy productivity projects for business via the Energy Efficient Loan program. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO The Energy Efficient ...