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Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental outcomes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals while also meeting NB Private Equity's underwriting standards. "Super funds post 2020 are thinking about how do we benefit from disruption and innovation in a post-pandemic ...

BlackRock, Temasek form partnership to invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... at scale to address climate challenges." The partnership will leverage both firms' expertise in sourcing and underwriting private investments, portfolio and risk management, and sustainable technology and analytics. The funds will be staffed by employees ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... biggest source of CO2 emissions, and it was the first time that the insurance industry was challenged to restrict their underwriting," said Peter Bosshard, global coordinator of the Unfriend Coal / Insure Our Future Campaign. "We've seen that most of ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... contribution to greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). In the same manner that insurance companies consider climate risks when underwriting insurance, equity investors increasingly need to consider the regulatory and reputational risk of corporate carbon emissions ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... insurers away from coal is really taking a toll on the coal industry. The report highlights leaders around the world. In underwriting, Swiss Re and Zurich are the leaders in ending coal insurance in that they have withdrawn cover from both new and existing ...

Human rights, trust, climate risk top sustainability agenda for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019  |  NEWS
... a warmer planet as one of its 10 risks for 2019. "On top of the physical risks, [Property and Casualty] insurers' underwriting and investment activities expose them to indirect carbon risks," Sustainalytics noted in its report. "By underwriting coverage ...

Global underwriters issue US$15bn in green bonds in Q4

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2016  |  NEWS
... Nearly US$15 billion in green bonds were issued globally in the fourth quarter of 2015, with Credit Agricole CIB underwriting deals of US$994 million. The Climate Bonds Initiative said US$14.87 billion of green bonds were issued in the fourth quarter ...

NY's EIC on residential, commercial property energy upgrades

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... reduction through efficiency upgrades are "equal to or greater than the cost of financing," Bregman said. "EIC's underwriting standards require projects to be cash flow positive, have an SIR (Savings to Investment) ratio greater than one and not be leveraged ...

ACSI: companies paid premium for rights issue underwriting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014  |  NEWS
Companies paid a premium of more than AU$170 million for underwriting of rights issues between 2010 and 2012, according to research conducted by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). ACSI conducted benchmark modelling of what underwriting ...

Westpac discloses environmental, social, financial metrics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013  |  NEWS
... sector by 2017, and has lent AU$650 million of that sum so far. As part of that, the bank has also established credit underwriting standards for the social and affordable housing sector. "I'm really excited about the social and affordable housing initiative," ...