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MUFG appoints Rob Ward head of project finance, ESG finance, Oceania

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... projects and has also been ranked top lead arranger in the Bloomberg Project Finance league tables for Clean Energy financing for six of the past eight years. MUFG facilitated financial solutions such as the world's first ESG-linked US private placement ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... a little more risk around the portfolio, but most importantly, this is also good for the organisations that they have the six months' repayment holiday offered under the scheme." Sefa is also inviting potential investment partners as part of this process ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... not-for-profits with annual turnovers up to $50 million are eligible to apply for loans of up to three years, with an initial six-month repayment holiday. The unsecured loans are for a maximum of $250,000 per borrower. "We are delighted to be selected ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified six critical systemic risks that require a transformational investment approach to convert those risks to sustainable returns. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... came out, wasn't a matter of putting it on our website, we messaged our members, and we had a members' webinar to explain. Six hundred people RSVP'd and 200 ended up attending." Yassine compares the relationship that Crescent Wealth has with its members ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... for Australian shareholdings only, five funds disclose a proxy voting record that is "incomplete in some other way", while six funds disclose a summary of their proxy voting record. A further eleven funds either do not vote, or do not disclose a proxy ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... performance of 4.87%. For the past three months, the fund has returned - -5.07%, versus -4.91%, for the benchmark and in the last six months, the fund returned -9.31% versus -9.0% for the benchmark. ETHI has returned 7.28% after fees for the month of ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... beauty of this accessibility element is that it allows people to ask questions in advance, and as we progress over the next six-12 months, there will be a standard that is set, and therefore an expectation that has been set in terms of accountability ...

More than a third of investors back Rio Tinto climate resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... emissions targets including Scope 3 emissions, which are those generated by the use of products. That 37% vote is more than six times the size of the vote on the same resolution presented to the 2019 Rio Tinto AGM, Market Forces noted. "Today's vote ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... with low-carbon buildings dominating use of proceeds. Green bonds from Hong Kong issuers in 2019 totalled US$2.6 billion from six issuers, down 5% from 2018 volume. Cumulative issuance has reached US$7.1 billion overall. "The COVID-19 crisis has devastating ...