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Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... including insurance companies, funds management and investors with a specific green or socially responsible investment mandate. "The Victorian Government has now positioned itself as a national and international leader with the issuing of this first ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
Nearly AU$633 billion of Australia's assets under management are being invested responsibly, according to the latest benchmark report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA has published the Responsible Investment Benchmark ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... platforms." On the institutional side, Uniting Financial Services (Uniting) has awarded an AUD $100 Million global credit mandate to Omega Global Investors that uses Omega's Smart Beta Plus, factor-based investment approach with an ethical component ...

The search for better social metrics to value affordable housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
There is a multistakeholder push to develop metrics to more accurately measure the social impacts of affordable housing developments, with investors, intermediaries and housing providers all seeking more reliable standards to assess social as well as ...

Westpac Group issues $500m climate bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... green fund, they want to develop the climate bonds market in Australia. Their view is that while they don't have that ESG mandate, they're interested in supporting the market development" The bond's ongoing compliance with the Climate Bond Standard will ...

ESG integration continues to spread across Asia: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... "There are markets that use ESG and religious values, and others that use more ethical approaches," he said. "It's very mandate driven. Then in other markets, the most interesting developments in markets like Korea and Japan, you have a push by legislators ...

CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... strategy. Palisade is committing up to AU$400 million of equity through a combination of managed funds and its direct mandate clients. Palisade's direct mandate clients include VicSuper, LGIAsuper and Qantas Super. Additionally, NAB and Commonwealth ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... worked at National Australia Bank and WestLB, in the infrastructure and energy project finance teams. "Having won the CEFC mandate, the natural course of action was to initiate the recruitment of a team on the ground and I'm delighted that Gary has become ...

Demand exceeds supply in Australian green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... market has forced certain practicalities on institutional investors. Local Government Super (LGS) has a government bond mandate with a target of 15% green bonds, but does not maintain a similar target for Australian-denominated bonds. "There's no target ...

Government launches new Clean Energy Innovation Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
The federal government will retain the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), and has announced that the two specialist agencies will jointly manage a AU$1 billion Clean Energy Innovation Fund (CEIF). ...