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US college and university endowments lag on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... universities. We also find that the educational community largely is absent from the national and global institutional investment networks. For example, not a single endowment is amongst the 900 signatories of the United Nations Principles for Responsible ...

Report: US$174bn global market for climate-themed bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... bond preferencing. See Also: Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... 42,000 acres of timberland on QIC's behalf. James Dick, QIC head of alternative investments The AU$63.5bn institutional investment manager invests in timberland because of the diversification benefits that timber brings to the QIC Alternative Beta Fund. ...

Investors weigh meaning of social return on investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... consistent of what we are required to do as a superannuation fund." Using SROI as a metric to attract institutional investment is a "mistake," said Belinda Drew, Foresters CEO. "This is a mistake people are making," Drew said. "They think as they approach ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... green finance design, function Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

Climate Bond Standard to screen green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
... community taking the lead in identifying appropriate investments." See Also: Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds * Photo via Wikimedia Commons

Green bonds form basis of new institutional investment funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011  |  NEWS
With the increasing demand for sustainable fixed income investments on the rise, fund managers are creating funds that invest in so-called "green bonds" - bonds with investments in projects such as renewable energy developments. While it is possible ...

IGCC working group to engage with green finance banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... Nathan Fabian, IGCC CEO. "The specific task of the group is to work out the investment expectations of the institutional investment community in terms of how they relate to green financing initiatives, which includes the UN Green Climate Fund, the CEFC ...

Community finance draws eye of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2011  |  NEWS
... rate. If that goes up, our returns go up, if that goes down the returns go down." Drew believes that institutional investment in community finance institutions will increase over time, both as institutional investors become more comfortable with the ...
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