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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). ...

CEFC launches $250m Community Housing Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... experience the benefits of lower energy costs over the longer term." CEFC related this new fund to its new investment mandate, strengthening the focus on financing "emerging and innovative renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency and cities and ...

Fund members concerned about climate change risk: CFGAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016  |  NEWS
... opportunities exist in Australia to simplify and increase transparency and disclosure through impending regulation that will mandate all superannuation funds to disclose their portfolio holdings to members. "If implemented well, with simple, useful and ...

HESTA allocates $6.7m to affordable housing development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund for the health and community services sector. This is the trust's first allocation. "We have a very flexible mandate in terms of the asset allocation," Learnmonth said. "We're looking at the full range - debt, mezzanine and equity ...

CEFC receives new investment mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) begins 2016 with a new investment mandate that will bring a new focus on "emerging and innovative clean energy technologies, energy efficiency and the built environment" to the AU$10 billion fund. The investment ...