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Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... transaction. "This transaction consolidated the strong working relationship with Genex, which began with the CEFC's investment in the Kidston Renewable Energy Hub near Townsville in 2017," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "Our first investment with Genex ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Reuters Hong Kong, where he grew the trading business by more than 190% in three years. Prior to that he worked in investment banking at companies including NAB, ABN AMRO and BZW in APAC, the UK and Australia, as well as serving as Head of Markets at ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... and New Zealand Anna Crabb, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, B Lab Australia and New Zealand At the recent Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, two common challenges emerged: how to simply and efficiently identify companies committed to creating ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Governments will inevitably be required to implement climate-related policies, but due to "highly insufficient" actions thus far, the response by 2025 will be "forceful, abrupt and disorderly," according to the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) project ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... must address. Simon O'Connor, CEO RIAA ASFI is a collaborative initiative supported by insurers, superannuation funds, investment managers and banks that are developing an Australian Sustainable Financial Roadmap with the end goal of realigning the financial ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... your business is worth something." Mills was recently in Australia, and discussed First Sentier's approach to direct investment in infrastructure. First Sentier currently manages four dedicated direct infrastructure funds - the First State European diversified ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
MySuper options in superannuation funds that employ responsible investment strategies across portfolios have financially outperformed non-responsible investment peers over one, three and five-year time frames, according to new research from the Responsible ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... intensity, and the impacts of climate change have all been headline news, but Amundi believes there is a long-term investment thesis. "The investment itself is essentially transferring insurable risk into a security vehicle, so the performance of a security ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Templeton. Graph courtesy of Franklin Templeton "There seems to be growing awareness among the public that both sides of an investment matter-the return to the investor, as well as the benefit to the investee," Harrison said. "Evidently, many people ...

GRI launches tax reporting standard for comprehensive disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... responsible approach to tax by business is essential," said Fiona Reynolds is CEO of PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment). "The PRI has been leading efforts to drive more meaningful corporate disclosure. GRI's new Tax Standard marks an evolution ...