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Interest in green, social bonds continuing: JPMorgan Chase

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
While both supply and demand for "green", climate themed bonds will continue to grow from Australian institutional investors, there is also increased attention being paid to social benefit bonds as well, according to JPMorgan Chase. Marilyn Ceci, managing ...

202020 Vision makes business case for urban green

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
There is a business case for increasing the amount of urban green space by 20% by 2020, according to 202020 Vision, a multistakeholder group. 202020 Vision, which is comprised of businesses, governments, academics, NGOs and community groups, has launched ...

LGS hires Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has hired Scott Armstrong as property portfolio manager. Armstrong will manage LGS' Local Government Property Fund (LGPF), an unlisted fund comprised of nine NSW commercial, retail and industrial property assets - five office ...

ClimateWorks Australia: Australia can decarbonise by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
Australia could achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 "without structural changes to the economy or lifestyle," according to recent research by ClimateWorks Australia and the Australian National University (ANU). The biggest changes needed to decarbonise ...

SEFA finances three social enterprise projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... finance the acquisition of the property, the refurbishment of that property, and MiHaven are also subdividing the land and building a new property, and we've funded that part of it as well." SEFA's financing for King St Haven will go towards the purchase ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... to US$8tr by 2030. The study, which has been initiated, will be published in the first quarter of 2015, Mercer said. "Building on the 2011 study, we now have the opportunity to both update the scenario parameters with new information and model the risk ...

Advisory Board's bold strategy to increase impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
Building impact investing in Australia will take leadership, action, and policy, according to an Australian report contributing to a global project to increase capacity in the market. graphic courtesy of Impact Investing Australia In conjunction with ...

AXA IM launches ESG SmartBeta fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... construction concepts of risk and return. It is part of the conversation, but doesn't dominate the conversation." In building the ESG SmartBeta strategy, AXA Rosenberg uses AXA IM's responsible investment team's summary ESG score, which ranks a company ...

SMF stepping up advocacy for environmental upgrade finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... website, BetterBuildingFinance.com.au, which organises and aggregates information on environmental upgrade finance to give building owners and tenants a clear overview of vehicles such as environmental upgrade agreements (EUAs). "The message we got was ...

Sustainalytics hires Cheryl Gustitus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics. "We compete on a global stage at the top end of our market. Cheryl's track record of driving growth and building market-leading brands that deliver best in class products to investors worldwide will serve our clients well." Last month ...