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Bond investor sues Australian government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... O'Donnell's case on a pro bono basis. O'Donnell made an investment of approximately $1000 in exchange traded Australian government bonds through the CommSec app earlier this year. Her investment came after meeting Barnden when he delivered a guest lecture ...

Integrating ethics goes beyond ESG screens: Nucleus Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... criteria. The portfolios are actively managed and based on blue chip international and Australian socks, cash and government bonds. Approximately two thirds of the wealth manager's clientele apply some form of screening, said Damien Klassen, CEO of Nucleus ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... lower weighting in FTSE Russell's new Climate WGBI - an index which adjusts the weightings of 22 developed market government bonds to reduce climate risk exposure for investors," Chateau said. In order to be compliant to a 2C warming, the country should ...

Amundi launches Amundi Funds Multi-Asset Sustainable Future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... investing across a broad range of fixed income assets mainly in euro denominated investment grade corporate and government bonds and global equities, which can consist of up to 40% of portfolio allocation. Amundi also applies eSG factors with their fundamental ...

Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... investment manager, PIMCO. Under the mandate, PIMCO will manage approximately $440 million across global credit and government bonds, integrating environmental, social, and governance considerations in its investment practices. LGS noted that PIMCO "fully ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... new, $440 million fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager PIMCO. The mandate will cover global credit and government bonds, LGS said. "We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with PIMCO," said Craig Turnbull, LGS chief investment ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... decide that it's worth the trouble when it's not hard to sell plain vanilla corporate bonds because the yields on government bonds are so low. The issuers don't have to issue a green bond to sell a bond, so there has to be other benefits in terms of ...

Australian Ethical launches Fixed Interest Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014  |  NEWS
... trust's benchmark is the UBS Composite Bond Index, and the largest single component is a portfolio of Commonwealth government bonds, representing 38.7% of trust assets as of the end of December, 2013. Exposure to Australian state government issuance ...

LGS invests in US$250 million EBRD green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
... property, absolute return, private equity and sovereign bonds. Last year, LGS awarded its nearly AU$170 million government bonds mandate to specialist investment manager Omega Global Investors. The strategy explicitly incorporates environmental, social ...

LGS buys into IFC green bond issue

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2013  |  NEWS
... they are AAA rated notes with competitive returns. The AU$6bn LGS last year awarded its nearly AU$170 million government bonds mandate to specialist investment manager Omega Global Investors. The strategy explicitly incorporates environmental, social ...