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QIC receives $200m green loan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2017
QIC's Global Real Estate shopping centre fund is set to benefit from a multi-million dollar boost to undertake improvements in energy performance across the portfolio. Specialist clean energy financier the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will invest ...

Ethical investing fruitful for income investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2017
Retirees looking to include preferences for high environmental, social and governance performance and reduced carbon in global equity dividend strategies can do so without forfeiting income, according to AXA Investment Managers. A recent study by the ...

New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
New Zealand's $35 billion sovereign wealth fund is hanging its future on a low-carbon strategy, shifting 40% of its funds away from companies with high exposure to carbon emissions and reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... commitment to making the university a more sustainable university and to contribute to the overall goal of global carbon emission reduction adding: "If this balance was not managed, it might adversely impact the university's financial stability, including ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
Hostplus, Future Super, Australian Ethical Investment and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation have raised $26 million for the Clean Energy Seed Fund to be run by specialised investment manager Artesian. The fund will invest in startups at seed stage ...

Investors torn over ESG capabilities

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... overall commitment to making ANU a more sustainable university, and to contribute to the overall goal of global carbon emission reduction," the university said in a statement. "If this balance was not managed, it might adversely impact the university's ...

CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank priced its first Climate Bond, raising $650 million to fund a range of renewable and low-carbon projects in Australia. Proceeds from the issuance will fund 12 eligible Australian projects, including renewable energy generation through ...

CBA finances wind farm construction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is entering a consortium financing the construction of one of Australia's largest wind farms. The bank is co-financing the project with the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, CWP Renewables, Partners Group, Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is implementing a four-pronged climate change strategy across its entire NZ$30 billion investment portfolio. Representing a fundamental shift for the fund and the industry, NZ Super will reduce its carbon investment ...

Vision Super divests from three high carbon companies

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... - an initiative aligned with the 2015 UN Climate Talks in Paris encouraging investors to strive for a 50% cent carbon emission reduction by 2030, with a goal of being carbon neutral by 2050.