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Climate-aligned bond universe jumps to US$895 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... "But banks, corporates and governments have to be working much more closely with cities to fund climate resilient infrastructure. They must increasingly align their investments with country climate plans and build economic resilience to deal with the ...

Cyber security a rapidly evolving material risk for companies: Citi Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... risk assets (22%). Respondents cited other key risk factors related to safety critical systems, critical national infrastructure, and greater than 50% of revenue coming from online transactions." In the research project, led by Elaine Prior, managing ...

Australian Ethical sees record net inflows for June quarter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... he said. "We feel that ethical investing has come of age, is coming of age, and that allows us to invest in the infrastructure that is required to be a much bigger player than what we are." Australian Ethical is adding resources in areas including risk ...

HESTA makes $19m impact investment in aged care facility

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... community - making sure there's a cafe,a cinema, those elements that are day to day for many folk, that social infrastructure was part of the plan, and it's a model that has good evidence around supporting dementia suffers." The loan's tenure will be ...

CEFC allocates up to $150 million to Qube Holdings for transport terminal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... terminal is certainly a key part of that strategy," James said. "We are extremely proud to be the first transport infrastructure project which the CEFC has chosen to support in this way.

Climate Bonds Initiative, UNEP-FI launch European Green Securities Steering Committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... unsecured bonds," said Luca Bertalot, secretary-general, European Covered Bonds Council. Estimates for European infrastructure investment needs to 2030 range between 2.6 and 4.5% of GDP, with EUR 200 billion of annual investment needed to finance clean ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches Environmental Equity Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... label" vehicle that is based on the investment thesis that "population dynamics, resource scarcity, inadequate infrastructure and environmental constraints will profoundly shape global markets, creating significant investment opportunities as well as ...

New Forests expands on forestry sector's role in investment, bio-economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... out of traditional asset classes like fixed income and equities and things like direct forestry, agriculture and infrastructure," Brand said. "They want to feel confident that the mangers they're selecting will deliver the positive outcomes so that there's ...

Majority of Australian participants want mandatory sustainability reporting: ACCSR survey

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... First was SDG 5 - gender equality, followed by SDG 3, good health and well-being, SDG 9, industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 13, climate action, and SDG 8, decent work and economic growth. At the same time, organisations reported that the goals ...

Government to establish $1 bn National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... 2018. NHFIC will operate an affordable housing bond aggregator, and will administer a $1 billion National Housing Infrastructure Facility. Final details on the structure and operations of the NHFIC were not outlined in the budget package, but the government ...