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New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies investment manager New Forests has reached first close of its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) with US$120 million of capital commitments. Investors in the first close include sovereign wealth ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has backed a technology platform designed to cut the cost of measuring and monitoring soil health and carbon levels - a key component in cutting land-based emissions. The CEFC has allocated $1.6 million to ...

NSW rail operator signs $1.8 billion green sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
A NSW passenger train PPP has become the latest entity to sign a $1.8 billion, 21-year green sustainability-linked loan (GSSL). Reliance Rail, which is responsible for the design, manufacture and maintenance of 78 Waratah passenger trains and the maintenance ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The takeover bid for AGL by Mike Cannon-Brookes's Grok Ventures and Brookfield Asset Management is not likely to be the only proposed deal that seeks to take emissions intensive infrastructure and utility assets from listed markets into private ownership ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC Asset Management has launched an active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Cybersecurity risk, COVID-19 and climate change are the top three threats to growth, according to Australia's CEOs. PwC has issued the 25 th CEO survey, which included the views of 50 Australian CEOs as part of the cohort. Overall, Australia's CEOs ...

ANZ takes $50 million stake in Pollination Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
ANZ is investing $50 million for a minority equity stake in specialist climate change and nature-based solutions investment and advisory firm Pollination Group. ANZ and Pollination announced that they will form a new strategic partnership to deliver ...

CEFC, super funds allocate to IFM Investors private equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has allocated $80 million towards an IFM Investors private equity fund. The IFM Investors Private Equity Growth Partners Fund invests in Australian-based mid-market growth companies and aims to accelerate ...

CFOs see ESG action as central: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
A strong majority of Australian CFOs say that ESG activities are driven by investor or shareholder demands, but say that measuring return on ESG action is a top barrier to doing more, according to research from Deloitte. Deloitte's most recent CFO ...

Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Evaluating climate risk in corporate bond portfolios is a key area of focus for 2022 for fixed income manager Insight Investment, but simply excluding worst-in-class is a simplistic approach. By engaging with issuers and encouraging them to change ...