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Genex Power closes $192 million certified green debt funding package

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... certification is relatively modest, but what it opened up is that it allows us to tap into the huge appetite of banks and equity companies to provide green finance," he said. "We found that if you can be independently certified as being green, banks ...

Climate-related policies "inevitable", but likely to be disorderly: IPR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... policy response, and for policies in general," Fulton said. "We think you do need to review the asset allocation and your equity allocations and you can incorporate it into manager selection. You can also engage with corporates." The IPR project is predicated ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... investors premium impact investment solutions across multiple asset classes, including private and public debt, private equity, and sustainable infrastructure and is an expert in innovative blended finance mandates. "BlueOrchard's Singapore office plays ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... important part of the investment framework for value investing, said T. Rowe Price. Irmak Surenkok, portfolio specialist in the Equity Division at T. Rowe Price. In a recent paper, I n Emerging Markets, Does It Pay to Worry About ESG Factors?, T. Rowe ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Ayala Corporation to the council, which provides "provide strategic insight and global networks" to LeapFrog, a private equity manager with US$1.6 billion in total commitments to impact investing. LeapFrog's companies currently reach 188 million people ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson Australia has launched its first Australian-domiciled fund, the Australia Global Equity Focus Fund (GEFF), a multi-manager fund that integrates GEFF is able to incorporate ESG and sustainable principles. Stuart Gray, portfolio manager ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... their impact," she said. "For that $3 billion, we worked to quantify the impact of those investments. We measured, on an equity share basis, our investments and what that means in terms of megawatts of renewable energy, and the greenhouse gas abatement ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... ideally placed to support our sector as it seeks to meet future demand." The initial $200 million commitment will target equity investments, and under the structure of the mandate, HESTA has the option to increase the allocation over time, Blakey said. ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... additive to returns, but we would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge that this has occurred within a very specific type of equity market environment. So while we can confidently talk about the relationship between ESG and quality characteristics ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... market for the very first time. The Fund's impressive performance track record is achieved by a purely stock-driven global equity approach, where the team focuses on high conviction investing for the long term" Tully said. "The new Baillie Gifford Global ...