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MEP Werke GmbH, Strasser Capital join Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
German solar power systems provider MEP Werke GmbH and its sponsor and private equity investor Strasser Capital GmbH, are joining the partner program of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). MEP Werke said that joining the partner program is the first step ...

Companies, investors assessing Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... controversies and sustainable impact products at MSCI. "The idea was to apply some of the impact investing principles to the listed equity space." The MSCI ESG Sustainable Impact Metrics allow investors to "measure their exposure to public companies ...

AXA IM Smart Beta fund certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has certified AXA Investment Manager's ESG SmartBeta equity pooled fund under its responsible certification process. Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO The AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund is designed ...

CFSGAM publishes ninth responsible investment report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... outlined its evolving approach to climate change disclosure. Instead of reporting on a carbon footprinting basis, the active equity teams are instead disclosing fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel exposures by percentage of companies and by assets under ...

CEFC, Palisade Investment Partners launch infrastructure fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... projects in Australia. Oliver Yates, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) CEO CEFC is allocating up to AU$100 million of equity towards the initial AU$1 billion investment strategy. Palisade is committing up to AU$400 million of equity through a combination ...

MSCI launch MSCI ACWI Sustainable Impact Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... asset owners and managers, who agreed that there is room for new impact-oriented thematic investment approaches in public equity markets," said Linda-Eling Lee, Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Research. "To date, impact investing has largely ...

London Stock Exchange joins Climate Bonds Partnership Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016  |  NEWS
... a key driver behind the launch of our dedicated green bond segments last year." LSEG currently profiles green bond and equity listings through FTSE Russell, and supports institutional investors in "defining climate factors and integrating them into benchmarks ...

Foresight Group hires Gary Sofarelli for Sydney office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016  |  NEWS
Infrastructure investment manager and private equity manager Foresight Group has hired Gary Sofarelli to lead its Sydney-based office. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) provided an AU$100 million cornerstone investment to the Foresight Group's ...

Government launches new Clean Energy Innovation Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... investments and provide new opportunities is welcome." The Clean Energy Innovation Fund is expected to utilise both debt and equity instruments for clean energy projects, and CEFC CEO Oliver Yates said the fund would draw on both CEFC and ARENA's "complementary ...

Controlled companies underperformed non-controlled firms: IRRCi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016  |  NEWS
... Controlled companies generally underperformed non-controlled firms in terms of shareholder returns, revenue growth and return on equity, and average CEO pay is significantly higher at controlled companies, according to a study commissioned by the Investor ...