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Hendrik van Calcar steps down as director of Qantas Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the considerations of ESG factors in the corporate super's investing," according to Qantas Super. "We are now on the frontier of being able to take another step forward on ESG," van Calcar said. "I feel proud about giving that more energy than it's had ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... in microfinance and impact investing and manages approximately US$3.5 billion in assets and operates in emerging and frontier markets worldwide. It was founded in 2001 and was the world's first commercial manager of microfinance debt investments. "The ...

AXA IM to launch fourth impact investing strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... "Our mission is to identify those companies who can empower underserved and low-income beneficiaries in emerging and frontier economies and meet the basic needs of the emerging consumer," Dean said. "Building on the extensive experience we have developed ...

CEFC reports $1.5 billion in new commitments for FY2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) committed almost $1.5 billion in investments over the 2018-2019 financial year. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy Finance Corporation The CEFC has issued an update on investment commitments in the past financial ...

Australian government awards $1.23m to Impact Investment Exchange

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... enabling everyone to play a role in building inclusive markets." IIX's program, called Equity@Scale, is funded under DFAT's Frontier Brokers initiative-which focuses on addressing key weaknesses in the current entrepreneurial ecosystem and moving capital ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Blackrock said. "Representing over half of the global renewable infrastructure opportunity, Asia Pacific is the next frontier in the green energy transition," Reid said. "I am excited to extend our world-class renewable energy platform to the region ...

CEFC makes two investments totalling $230 million

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... completely pushing the boundaries on the portfolio, and getting involved with managing tenancy emissions, which is the next frontier." The CEFC has also announced that it will make a second, $130 million commitment to community housing provider SGCH ...

Governance Institute appoint Simon Pordage president

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... of Governance Institute. "His guidance will be invaluable as the Institute facilitates taking governance to the next frontier over the coming years - beyond the board to the entire organisation." Pordage noted that going forward, one of the challenges ...

Investors look at corporate governance metrics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015  |  NEWS
... Australia - superannuation funds assets are bigger than the ASX, so they're going overseas into developed, developing and frontier markets. So they're saying, can we start making some informed discussions about breaking benchmark up, these are the smart ...

Assessing likely process, impacts of first ERF auction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... most likely be drawn from existing Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI) project owners. Jennifer Lauber-Patterson, director, Frontier Carbon Limited, and head, Climate Market Investment Association for Australia, NZ, Singapore, Indonesia The ERF is the centrepiece ...