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FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... "The current global events help to demonstrate the lack of access and investment into protective assets such as government bonds and corporate bonds with very few investors owning any bonds let alone those defined as retail," Stening said. FIIG's ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... success. "I worry about the Recency Effect; where investors anchor on the recent past, which has been good for equities and bonds," he said. "If that changes, which I think it will; it's just mathematically impossible for bonds to do what they have ...

HESTA names chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... Investment Council and also represents HESTA on several boards. He has also served as a director of the Climate Bonds Standards Board and as co-chair of the UN PRI Infrastructure Advisory Committee. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said the fund was ...

TCorp launches new bond

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... deliver $93bn of infrastructure investment for the state in a sustainable way." "Our sustainability bond programme offers bonds that are consistent with the NSW Government's environmental and social objectives and are aligned to relevant global standards ...

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... categories were also presented with BNP Paribas Asset Management/Impax Asset Management winning the former and Jamieson Coote Bonds taking out the latter. "With many active managers under increasing pressure in today's market, they need to be best practice ...

CBA commits to bond-structured climate change solutions

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2017
... and green-aligned bond sector in Australia with a new global partnership. The bank, who arranged $1.02 billion of climate bonds into the Australia medium term note market in the 2017 financial year, has partnered with the Climate Bonds Initiative to ...

Acorns adds ESG investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2017
... investments. The Emerald Portfolio is diversified across all asset classes including Australian equities, international equities, bonds and cash with a three to five years investment timeframe. It aims to achieve a moderate to high level of return similar ...

CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... low-carbon transport projects. CBA managing director debt markets, Simon Ling, said sustained investor demand for green bonds and assets would continue to fuel continued growth in the sector. "We are really pleased with the positive response from local ...

Queensland Treasury issues green bonds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
Queensland is boosting investment in environmentally responsible projects through green bonds issued via the state's Treasury. Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment, Curtis Pitt, said the Queensland Treasury Corporation planned to issue certified ...

Impact investing delivers wide reaching returns

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... five years, with the majority of FY15 investment transactions comprising debt finance to social enterprises, with green bonds issued by major Australian banks dominating the increase in dollar value of investment in FY15. "The data reveals a diversity ...