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Three quarters of Aussie investors use ESG in investment strategies: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... on the public equity market as comfortably anymore. I'm going to have to move to private assets -private capital, private debt.... People looking across the investment universe and saying, to get a good ESG outcome, switch off public market and find ...

Removing complicity in modern slavery?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... remain the minimum for human survival with human beings owned by businesses through forced labour, wage exploitation and debt bondage. Within Australia the number of modern slaves is conservatively estimated at about 14,300 of a global total, according ...

CEFC makes tenth large scale solar project allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... investment appetite from a widening base of institutional investors, which has helped fuel the growth in solar capacity. Our debt finance has helped developers secure the backing they need and has helped investors find the right level of comfort to invest ...

Investa Commercial Property Fund Issues $100 million certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... leadership in clean energy innovation in the commercial property sector and the green bond market," said Richard Lovell, debt markets lead at the CEFC. "The transaction represents a significant step for the Australian dollar green bond market with a ...

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
PIMCO has launched the PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia, as part of a global, dedicated environmental, social and governance investment platform. Adrian Stewart, head of PIMCO Australia and New Zealand The PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund is the firm's ...

S&P DJI launches Green Bond Select Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... performance of labelled bonds that meet criteria such as designation of "green" by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), a debt rating aligned with its credit quality and a minimum outstanding par value of $250 million, said Martina Macpherson, senior ...

Commonwealth Bank issues $650 million climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... expect to see this growth increase in the next five years in the Australian market," said Simon Ling, bank managing director debt markets. "We are committed to leveraging our expertise and scale to support the growth of climate bonds, directly and for ...

Government launches inquiry investigating need for Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... reference: The nature and extent of modern slavery (including slavery, forced labour and wage exploitation, involuntary servitude, debt bondage, human trafficking, forced marriage and other slavery-like exploitation) both in Australia and globally; The ...

CEFC provides $54m to Genex for North Queensland large-scale solar farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... (CEFC) has invested AU$54 million in a large-scale solar development in North Queensland. The CEFC has provided $54 million in debt finance to Genex Power for the development of the Phase One 50MW large-scale solar farm at its Kidston Renewable Energy ...

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... direct mandate clients include VicSuper, LGIAsuper and Qantas Super. Additionally, NAB and Commonwealth Bank will provide debt financing for the renewable energy projects pursued under the strategy. See Also: CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch ...