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CBA prices inaugural climate bond

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... projects that meet the CBI's Climate Bond Standards. A cornerstone investor in the bond with a $100 million commitment, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, has congratulated CBA on its successful issuance, with debt market leader Richard Lovell adding ...

CFS knuckles down on managed accounts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
Colonial First State is in the final stages of a major technology enhancement to its FirstWrap platform. Responding to feedback from financial advisers and their clients, CFS engaged global technology provider IRESS to launch a further suite of separately ...

Largest Aussie single solar project deal sealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Commonwealth Bank and Clean Energy Finance Corporation have joined forces with one of Germany's biggest banks in Australia's largest single solar project financing deal to date. As financing partners to Edify Energy and international investor Wirsol ...

MDA provider upgrades offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAR 2017
... seamless if advisers and clients are to maximise their decision-making abilities and achieve their objectives. "A modern, clean design, when combined with powerful middle and front office improvements, is a proven way to improve adviser efficiency and ...

AMP Capital wins $100m government mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
AMP Capital was awarded a $100 million mandate from the federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation. CEFC invested the funds into AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund, which is targeting carbon neutrality by 2030. AMP Capital is also planning ...

NAB launches offshore green bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... future and we take very seriously the role we play in in transitioning to a low carbon economy. We remain very active in the clean energy sector and since October we have committed more than $1 billion in finance to renewable energy generators globally." ...

Open data would protect advice industry: Adviser Ratings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... advisers. This is where I would delineate between what makes a profession and what makes an industry; if a housecleaner doesn't clean your house well the impact to you might be a $50 outlay, but if your financial adviser doesn't do the best they can ...

Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... The change in strategy coincides with news today that the Federal Government is looking into amending the mandate of its Clean Energy Finance Corporation to allow it to invest in carbon capture and storage and also high-efficiency, low-emission coal-fired ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... productivity, percentage tax paid, CEO to average worker pay, pension fund status, employee turnover, leadership diversity, and clean capitalism pay link.

No deal is better than bad deal on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... ended months of speculation over whether Brexit would be hard, soft, or something in-between. The UK will cut... and cut clean. "Brexit means Brexit." While the certainty of Brexit could bring about the "gloom and doom" warned by other governments, international ...