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Remerga launches Emerging Markets Sustainable Leaders Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Remerga's analysts, Johnson said. "There is a threshold for ESG performance," Johnson noted. "The MSCI ESG Ratings go from AAA to CCC. First and foremost, we don't touch anything rated CCC - we won't hold things beyond BB. When we talk about stocks falling ...

Treasury Corporation of Victoria issues green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... state investments in energy efficiency, reneable energy, public transport and water treatment, TCV said. The But is rated AAA (negative outlook) by Standard & Poor's and Aaa (stable) by Moody's Investor Services. "TCV is pleased to be the first semi ...

AODP releases 2016 Global Climate 500 Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
Three Australian superannuation funds have achieved the highest mark of AAA in the 2016 Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP)'s 2016 benchmark index. AODP this week released the 2016 Global Climate 500 Index, which rates the world's 500 biggest asset ...

Climate Bonds Initiative to release V2.0 standards this month

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... (US$596m) green bond, with a 10-year tenor and a coupon of 2.125%, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. The bond was rated AAA by S&P. Underwriters were Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. See Also: Climate-aligned bond universe reaches ...

Local Government Super top AODP index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... some positive changes in the reporting and actions of some asset owners in this year's index. This year, nine funds received AAA ratings, four more than last year, AODP found. More generally, the report also noted "regular announcements by carbon owners ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... tool, and we can offer a report to clients reporting that basically gives them their intangible value risk with a rating of AAA to CCC to give them a sense of their ESG exposure. The good thing about the report is that it not only gives them their ESG ...

World Bank issues $300m Australian Kangaroo Green Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2014  |  NEWS
... manager, Governance and Sustainable Investment, UniSuper. "We were attracted to the World Bank green bonds because they are AAA rated and we believe that these securities provide an acceptable return relative to the current suite of cash and fixed interest ...

LGS, VicSuper leaders in AODP climate investment index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013  |  NEWS
... transparency, risk management, investment chain alignment, active ownership and low-carbon investment and then ranks them from AAA to X based on their performance. "There is one absolute stand out, and that is the absolute polarisation in the index," ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... these green bonds." Hartnett noted that the green bond appeals to LGS on a number of levels, including the fact that they are AAA rated notes with competitive returns. The AU$6bn LGS last year awarded its nearly AU$170 million government bonds mandate ...

Kidney: Australia should look to fund NBN with green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2012  |  NEWS
... Kidney "There's a flight to yield with quality," Kidney told The Sustainability Report. "What investors are looking for is not AAA - there is too much AAA. It's negative money these days in Europe. What people are looking for is A and AA. If you think ...