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CEFC, Ironstone Capital create Warada Capital, specialist joint venture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... outcomes while maximising returns for our clients." Craib has extensive experience in the renewable energy sector in Australia and internationally. The CEFC noted that Craib has led numerous transactions in the renewable energy sector, including the ...

Foresight Group hires Kim Nguyen to head Australian operations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... hired Kim Nguyen head of its Australian operations to lead Foresight's expansion in the energy infrastructure sector in Australia. Kim Nguyen, head of Australia, Foresight Group Nguyen will lead the team in Sydney. Foresight is a global infrastructure ...

NSW government to issue a second Sustainability & Social Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
The NSW Government announced that it will issue a Sustainability & Social Bond later this year. NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet New South Wales became the first state to establish the Sustainability Bond Programme in 2018 and successfully raised $1.8 ...

AllianceBernstein launches Australian low-carbon equities strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... remaining emissions through the retirement of carbon credits. The AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund was launched in Australia in April 2014 and has outperformed its benchmark by 4.1% pa. "Green MVE challenges that 'either/or' paradigm and aims to give ...

UCA Funds Management rebrands as U Ethical, seeks growth, clients

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... the business and our brand. U Ethical began its history as UCA Funds Management, an entity of the Uniting Church of Australia, Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, providing investment management for charities, faith-based organisations and their members. ...

CEFC takes $51m stake in Victoria's Kiamal Solar Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... to accommodate an increasing share of low emissions solar energy in the future," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "While Australia's world leading potential in solar energy in well known, the reality is that we require considerable new investment to take ...

ASX200 hits target of 30% women on boards: ACSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... recognised the value of board gender diversity. ACSI and our members adopted a 30 per cent target in 2015. To have corporate Australia achieve and, in many cases, now exceed this target is a good outcome." More than 40 ASX200 companies currently have ...

Vanessa Zimmerman launches Pillar Two human rights consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... group advisor human rights at Rio Tinto, and is a board member and chair, human rights of the Global Compact Network Australia. "Pillar 2 of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights is all about the business responsibility to ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... Investment is part of BNY Mellon Investment Management, and currently manages assets of A$25.6 billion for investors in Australia.

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... terms of asset management." Christensen noted that retail demand for impact investing is driving the conversation in Australia in particular. AXA IM manages the Australian domiciled pooled fund, AXA IM Sustainable Equity Fund - "a fully integrated ESG ...