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Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... of 2018, New Zealand saw NZ$200 million issued. "Australia has been one of the good markets in terms of interest from the banks," said Sean Kidney, CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative during a briefing in Melbourne this week. "The four banks and Macquarie ...

US activists target banks over finance to for-profit prisons, detention centres

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... grassroots organisations are protesting US President Donald Trump's policy of immigrant detention through a campaign targeting banks JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo for providing debt financing for two for-profit prison companies - Core Civic and GEO ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... earlier this week. The organisations originating these impact investments consist of six asset managers or fund managers; five banks or diversified financial institutions; four development finance institutions; two government agencies; one impact investment ...

CEFC backs Granville Harbour Wind Farm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... finance for more than 140 smaller-scale clean energy projects via the CEFC's specialist co-financing programs with major banks. "Granville Harbour Wind Farm is part of an increasing focus on greenfield wind energy projects in Tasmania, which will see ...

IFC invests US$75m in Garanti Bank gender bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... financial inclusion, especially for women entrepreneurs. IFC noted that in the last seven years, the IFC has worked with Turkish banks to provide $61 million in financing for women entrepreneurs under its Banking on Women program. "Strengthening women's ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... Major said. "Our cost of capital in terms of debt can be competitive with others, although we have lost opportunities to the banks because their cost of capital can be lower," Major said. "When it comes to equity, that's a more difficult proposition ...

Ausbil outlines 2017 engagement activities in annual report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... focus on continued clean-up of the environment in China, wage inflation and underpayment of workers, the Royal Commission on banks, as well as continuing on the aforementioned topics.

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... 25% of revenue associated with SDG targets. "There are opportunities with green bonds, and we have been corresponding with banks around the world expressing our desire for more green bonds," Kibble said. "If you look at a broader alignment with the [Sustainable ...

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... into one of the three, then we shouldn't be looking at it any further," Nelson said. "One theme is responsible finance - banks and insurance companies which fundamentally understand they have a license to operate. Their job is to support the real economy ...

Increasing financial inclusion could yield increasing revenue to banks: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
Financial inclusion isn't just a worthy social goal for banks - it also represents potential revenue that EY estimates could be as high as US$88 billion by 2020 in the Asia Pacific region. Jan Bellens, EY global emerging markets leader EY has published ...