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RIAA launches Impact Investment Forum to build scale in sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... conversation in private wealth and philanthropy circles, what we're seeing is an emerging interest in institutional investment circles in impact investing as well. The Impact Investing Forum will bring the conversation to the institutional investment ...

Government to establish $1 bn National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... Investment Corporation (NHFIC), an affordable housing bond aggregator designed to attract private and institutional investment and provider cheaper, longer-term finance to the development of affordable housing. Mark Peacock, acting executive director ...

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Australia. "To date there has been a distinct lack of investment product designed to attract Australian institutional investment into clean energy, leading to the sector being under-represented in this area," Lonergan said. "In many cases mid-tier institutional ...

New Forests launches third Australia New Zealand forestry fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... processing or infrastructure facilities, such as sawmills, ports, and bioenergy facilities, New Forests said. "Institutional investment has played an important part in building the forestry sector in Australia and New Zealand over the past few years," ...

Investors have "no place to hide" from climate change impacts: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016  |  NEWS
... extreme weather events, and social pressures for greater climate awareness in corporate operations and institutional investment practices. BlackRock is evaluating climate risk factors for clients' portfolios, said Dr Joanna Nash, research analyst in ...

RIAA conference to discuss future of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... O'Connor said. "We're bullish on the size of the market, and to date, it's been driven by broad, strong institutional investment, and the acknowledgement that [environmental, social and governance] ESG risks are driving valuations. There's more and more ...

Q&A: Richard Brandweiner, CIO First State Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015  |  NEWS
... impact investment bond, where the coupon is subject to the achievement of certain impact targets, an institutional investment analyst that has been trained in bonds and equities will find it very challenging to form a proper assessment of the proper ...

Responsible investment reaches 50% total AUM: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... rise in core responsible investment assets to nearly AU$32 billion has doubled In only two years. On the institutional investment side, Australia's largest asset managers are increasingly integrating responsible investment strategies, with AU$598 billion ...

PRI hires Nathan Fabian as policy director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... as director of policy. Fabian is currently the CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), an institutional investment collaborative association focused on climate policy and investment. He will take up his new role in London on 30 June. As director ...

AMP Capital to advise GII on renewable infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015  |  NEWS
... AMP Capital. MUTB plans to generate fund vehicles based on these renewable assets and market them to institutional investment client, targeting the local pension plans seeking investments that provide stable cash flow and low correlation to traditional ...