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Fund manager creates, hires for ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... in its Sydney, San Francisco, Moscow and Houston offices. He spent four years in the firm's strategy and corporate finance practice and worked extensively at McKinsey Global Institute where he contributed to a wide range of research, including on ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... has appointed PRI Chief Responsible Investment Officer Nathan Fabian as chair of the European Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform on Sustainable Finance will advise the European Commission on the development of robust and science-based technical ...

Solar financier to issue certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... participate in a 100% green-certified asset-backed securities issuance. The issuance will comprise unsecured Green Certified finance provided to households for residential solar and battery installations. National Australia Bank will be the sole arranger ...

Wesfarmers director to retire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... million three-year bilateral sustainability-linked loan which will link social and environmental outcomes to the cost of finance. The social metrics aim to increase Indigenous employment levels across the Wesfarmers Group's Australian workforce through ...

ARENA, CEFC changes open door to CCS, hydrogen investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to invest, and will change the legislative remit of ARENA and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) towards investing in carbon capture and storage, carbon farming and other technologies, and away from ...

Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... head of research and recently appointed UTS Industry Fellow Laura Ryan will lead the participation by Ardea, with UTS Finance Discipline Group academics Kylie-Anne Richards and Gerhard Hambusch leading UTS' involvement in the partnership. Ardea and UTS ...

IGCC CEO appointed to Greater Sydney Commission

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Roberts cited her career experience in climate change advocacy, development and delivery of commercial climate change finance and investment solutions. The commission also appointed Jackie Taranto as economic commissioner. Taranto has more than 30 years' ...

CEFC backs project to bring Tesla Powerwall to SA social housing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing up to $30 million in program to deliver home energy systems to social housing tenants in South Australia. The project will see the installation of solar and battery storage systems across more ...

NZ Super appoints Rosemary Vilgan to board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... future endeavours." Guardians board members are appointed by the governor-general on the recommendation of the minister of finance. The minister's recommendation follows nominations from a committee, independent of the Guardians, which is established ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... pilot phase, the UK's Capital Markets Union and the UN Global Compact - Cities Programme. "I believe that sustainable finance and sustainable infrastructure are key to scaling sustainable impact and that the time is ripe for business, investors and the ...