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Super investment key to decarbonising Australia: ASFA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... Australia, as is the case globally, the structural shift will require a sustained rise in the level of total fixed capital investment, and front-loaded - in average terms, in the order of 5 per cent higher than 'business-as-usual' levels," the paper ...

Only one sector set to meet emissions reduction targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... pressing need for new financial instruments and asset classes to be deployed at scale. These include venture capital investment in infrastructure and enhanced cross-border finance for developing economies. The Sector Progress Tracker, developed by management ...

Morgan Stanley reaches 70% of $1tn sustainable finance goal

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... billion and US$1 trillion by 2030, while Goldman Sachs aims for US$750 billion by 2030. Around US$3.5 trillion of capital investment will be needed every year to build a net-zero global economy by 2050, according to global economic growth and climate ...

Brookfield signs MoU for renewables

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... components for wind energy to supply to the market. Brookfield will work with Reliance to explore avenues of direct capital investment and development of skills, knowledge and expertise. The companies are currently exploring whether equipment will be ...

New net zero bondholder stewardship guidance: IIGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has published its Net Zero Bondholder Stewardship Guidance, offering corporate bondholders a foundational framework towards corporate bondholder stewardship. The guidance focuses on bondholder ...

The importance of additionality in impact investing

MATT LAWTON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... additionality helps to generate positive outcomes that may not otherwise occur without the value of engagement or capital investment. It furthers the drive toward positive impact by accelerating or strengthening impact investment objectives. Collaboration ...

Giant Leap completes fundraise for second impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023  |  NEWS
Impact venture capital fund Giant Leap has completed fundraising for its second impact fund, tripling the size of its inaugural fund. The Giant Leap II fund is backed by NRMA, entrepreneurs including Kate Morris, Dom Pym and Roger Allan. Giant Leap ...

Fund Manager round up: Maple-Brown Abbot, Brookfield, Cultiv8

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... climate change, resource management, financial inequality and disparity in living standards - require purposeful capital investment to enable solutions and support positive outcomes for people and the planet. The Australian Sustainable Future Fund looks ...

Women-led founders, climate tech grow VC impact sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Women-led impact startups constituted a quarter of the venture capital opportunities reviewed by Giant Leap in 2022, a higher percentage than the broader VC ecosystem. VC impact investor Giant Leap released its second Impact Startups Benchmark Report ...

HSBC Australia hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... on nine of the 26 transactions closed in 2022. In 2022, Climate Asset Management, HSBC's dedicated natural capital investment manager formed as a joint venture with climate change investment and advisory firm Pollination, achieved commitments of more ...