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Apex Group wins fund admin mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... facility in Darlington Point, NSW - enough to power 115,000 homes and Octopus recently partnered with the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corp, to invest in renewables in Gippsland," Apex Group said. Octopus Australia head of finance and operations ...

IFM Investors launches climate transition fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... through reduced exposure to carbon intensive companies and taking overweight positions in companies involved in the clean energy and climate-transition space. It will also invest in companies outside of the ASX 300 where suitable. "IFM will take into ...

Brookfield raises record amount for ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... comprehensive, determined action," Carney said. "That means deploying capital across the economic spectrum from scaling clean energy generation, to transforming traditional utilities and to providing sustainable solutions for heavy industries like steel ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... delegates showed a keen interest in hydrogen as a potential replacement for fossil fuel-based energy sources, but Clean Energy Finance Corporation director of infrastructure Julia Hinwood was less enthusiastic. "You can produce hydrogen using renewable ...

Cbus takes 10% stake in major wind project

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... in Victoria's offshore wind sector, with Star of the South "forging the way for a new local industry to deliver a clean energy boost, create thousands of jobs and reduce carbon emissions". Star of the South alone has the potential to power around 1.2 ...

AGL abandons demerger, leadership resigns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2022
... brought in to take the company forward. AGL is in desperate need of directors that have direct experience in developing clean energy at scale. By failing to set Paris-aligned targets for the proposed demerged entities, the board of AGL ignored a fundamental ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... strategies to the efforts already made by California, including US$15 billion spent last year across drought response, clean energy, transport and the like. "It's critical that SB 1173 passes through the Assembly to put an end to CalPERS' and ...

Equity Trustees wins custody, trustee mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
Equity Trustees has been selected as custodian and trustee of a major clean energy investor. Octopus Australia, the local subsidiary of Octopus Group, has awarded a mandate to Equity Trustees for custodian and trustee services. Octopus currently managed ...

North ESG AUM boasts rapid growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... Development Goals." Other options added include Perpetual Ethical SRI Credit Fund - Class A, VanEck Vectors Global Clean Energy ETF, and Bendigo Socially Responsible Growth Fund.

Hostplus expands IP Group commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... Canopus Networks, Oxford Nanopore, WaveOptics, and MOBILion Systems. The fund largely backs companies operating in the clean energy, decarbonisation, medicine, healthcare and quantum computing sectors. "Hostplus is a foundational supporter of IP Group ...