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TH Real Estate hires Abigail Dean as head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... embedded in every aspect of our business." TH Real Estate is an investment management company, specialising in real estate equity and debt investment. It is owned by TIAA, a £599bn asset manager and provider of financial services in the academic ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Future Fund and others invested in the QIC Global Infrastructure Fund (QGIF). AGL has provided AU$200 million of cornerstone equity. PARF is expected to own more than 1,000MW of large-scale renewable energy with a value of AU$2-3 billion. "QIC is proud ...

CEFC reports $837m in commitments for 2015-2016

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS). In terms of new sources of capital, CEFC made a AU$100m cornerstone equity commitment to the new Australian Bioenergy Fund, to support investment in a broad range of projects seeking to produce energy ...

Investors seeking ESG themes, factors in fixed income portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... then, in terms of being positive towards ESG, you can look at factors that have been applicable to global credit as well as equity." But outside investors that have a deliberate strategy towards ESG and/or ethical decision-making, the thinking of how ...

CEFC provides $68m finance to Geelong office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Development at 1 Malop Street (Photo provided by CEFC) The CEFC is lending unlisted property fund manager Quintessential Equity AU$68 million to "stretch" the 14-level commercial office tower being built in Geelong, Victoria to a 5.5 NABERS star rating. ...

Dimensional Fund Advisors launches Global Sustainability Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016  |  NEWS
... Australia and New Zealand which combines environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations with the firm's core equity selection methodology. Dimensional Fund Advisors integrates a screening process that underweights firms which rank poorly on ...

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 ...