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Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Macquarie Group is planning to develop a 20 gigawatt (GW) suite of renewable energy products through its Green Investment Group over the next five years. Revealed by chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake before fellow global business leaders at the ...

Foresight launches new wholesale fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... - its first foray into Australia's wholesale market. Tapping into the desire for green income, the Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund will make loans of $5 million to $30 million for small-scale solar and wind amongst other renewable projects. The ...

Private equity fund raising $300m

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... raising $300 million from instos, family offices and retail investors to further its investments in private equity, renewable energy and real estate. Federation Asset Management chair Greg Bundy, who was previously Merrill Lynch AM's chief operating ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... by 2025. We will seek to increase exposure to businesses that have a positive environmental impact, including renewable energy generation and technology."

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund has invested in renewable energy loans via peer-to-peer lender marketplace RateSetter. Future Super is investing $200,000 through the RateSetter platform to specifically fund renewable energy loans. RateSetter is a peer-to-peer ...

UK fund manager appoints local lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... said Nguyen would lead the launch of a series of renewable-based investment products, including the Foresight Renewable Energy Income Fund (FREIF) which is set to launch in August. The wholesale fund will aim to capitalise on Australia's increased ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... buy out UBS Asset Management's 60% stake in Western Australia's Collgar Wind Farm, taking full ownership of the renewable energy project it has been involved in since 2010. Collgar - WA's largest wind farm at a size of 18,000 hectares and 206 megawatts ...

Future Super to offer investment app

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... investment app. Future Super is planning to open the doors to Array, an app allowing everyday Australians to invest in renewable energy for as little as $5. According to the Array site, the first two products likely to be made available by the app will ...

Ethical funds not ambitious enough: Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... scale, the renewables plus growth option has a stated focus on investing in the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy and has 20% exposure to renewable energy. Verwey revealed he has his own super invested in the renewables plus option. "Climate ...

Pension fund giant cuts BHP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... production capacity. "KLP's ambition is to send a strong signal on the urgency of transitioning from fossil fuel to renewable energy sources. Through divestment and active ownership, KLP intends to send a clear market signal to producers, distributors ...