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Environmental, economic risks also present opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
Perceived risks to Australia like climate change, inadequate R&D investment, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility present opportunities to the country, and not just threats. James Allt-Graham The Australia Report 2012 is a broad-based ...

Climate change top perceived likely risk to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... perceived risk to Australia, with inadequate R&D investment, flooding, storms and cyclones, demographic challenges and infrastructure fragility also figuring in a list of top 10 risks based on their likelihood of happening in the next decade and the ...

Mercer: green bonds deserve investment consideration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
... offerings "involving a coupon linked to carbon credits or green indexes" and asset-backed securities tied to "green" infrastructure projects or portfolios of projects, according to Mercer. Many of the bonds are issued by supranational institutions such ...

AMP Capital fund buys stake in Indian clean energy company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012  |  NEWS
The AMP Capital Asian Giants Infrastructure Fund (AGIF) has purchased a minority stake in clean energy company Shalivahana Green Energy Limited (SGEL) for almost US$29m. SGEL develops, owns and operates a portfolio of power generation assets across ...

Carbon price cost could have 0.1% impact on services sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... they're in for a big shock if they expect that, because a lot of price increases over the coming years will be due to infrastructure investment, not the carbon price." Companies are approaching Pangolin for audits and assessments a number of reasons ...

AMP hires Ross Andrews as ESG research associate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... meetings of Australian and global companies held by AMP Capital funds, including global listed property, global listed infrastructure, Asian equities and global resources funds. Andrews will also assist in AMP Capital's ESG analysis of corporate and ...

QIC selects Molpus Woodlands Group for timber mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... over between having those real asset characteristics and having bond-like characteristics. It is different from infrastructure and real estate. For instance, if there's a down market, people aren't demanding property rentals. But with timber, what they ...

CFSGAM reports top quartile performance in UNPRI principles

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012  |  NEWS
... engagement for various teams. ESG analysis was carried out across equities, fixed income, direct property and direct infrastructure, according to the report. Additionally, CFSGCAM has a responsible investment team. "Each equity investment team takes ...

Clean Energy Council sees CEFC as catalyst to unlock capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... projects in the capital intensive phase of technology development, tenor of debt suitable for renewable energy infrastructure projects, smaller scale renewable energy projects, institutional investor allocations to clean energy/technology fund managers ...

Working group to develop Sharia-compliant green securities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... Association. "Green sukuks also support national development strategies by offering longer term finance for essential infrastructure," Grifferty said. Aaron Bielenberg of the Clean Energy Council noted that there are a "growing number" of projects, including ...