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Fidelity International launches Sustainable Water and Waste Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Fidelity International has launched the Fidelity Sustainable Water and Waste Fund in Australia. Bertrand Lecourt, lead portfolio manager, Fidelity International The fund focuses on sustainable investment opportunities within the water and waste management ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
An impact investment portfolio that seeks out investments in healthcare, tech-enabled consumer, financial services addressing financial exclusion and opportunities in emerging markets is in an unusual position in the first stages of the global response ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... Social Impact Investing Taskforce. The Taskforce is responsible for developing a strategy to facilitate private capital investment in impact investing, among other things. The Government has the opportunity through the Taskforce to get on the front foot ...

QIC Shopping Centre Fund issues $300m certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... around 50 retail and commercial properties on behalf of its institutional investment clients. The impact of this capital investment is expected to lead to a minimum 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions intensity in three of the assets within the ...

Victoria to pilot investment plan, test Community Futures Investment Model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... fund loans to revitalise local community sporting grounds. The pilot is intended to test how to unlock greater capital investment in projects that provide financial return for backers while improving local facilities in communities. The Community Sports ...

NZ Super Fund invests US$65 million in Rubicon Global

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
The NZ Super Fund has invested US$65 million in cloud-based waste and recycling technology company Rubicon Global. The US$65 million investment falls under the fund's expansion capital, which is a type of private equity investment in relatively mature ...

The Fred Hollows Foundation invests in eye care centre social enterprise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Midberry said. "And we think we can do it with more regularity. This is a subspecialty of healthcare where capital investment that is relatively modest. Our set up costs are $1-3 million if we're buying or leasing a facility."

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) committed AU$837 million to new investments in the 2015-2016 financial year, with allocations to cleaner power solutions, cities and the built environment and capital investments. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy ...

South Australia passes building upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
... hundreds - if not thousands - of important jobs and free up more than half a billion dollars in potential CBD capital investment," Hunter said in a statement. "It clears the way for building owners to begin revitalising our ageing building stock, which ...

Green bond potential to finance low-carbon chemical industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013  |  NEWS
Green bonds could potentially be issued to finance capital investment in the chemical industry, said Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds Initiative CEO. Sean Kidney, Climate Bonds CEO "The latest science shows that carbon emissions in industrialized countries ...