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BNP Paribas launches green trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... investing globally in companies in the resource efficiency and environmental markets. Describing the new product as a 'deep green' environmental investment strategy, BNP Paribas Australia chief executive David Grybas said the firm is delighted to be ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
Australian banks have narrowly dodged the possibility of facing a Royal Commission-style inquiry after a Green's Bill to establish a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry fell short by a single vote in the House of Representatives yesterday. The Bill ...

Super funds and CEFC join investment forces

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... much-needed focus on unlocking Australian innovation that targets clean energy solutions." Last week the CEFC was given a green light to invest in carbon capture and storage. The Federal Government removed a legislative prohibition to enable CEFC to ...

Super funds condemn Trump climate withdrawal

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), representing $1.5 trillion in funds under management, has condemned US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement on climate change. Trump justified the ...

World Vision soft launches investment fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... commented that the fund will work differently to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment vehicles such as green bonds. The social investment product manager the organisation is currently recruiting for will have the responsibility of making ...

GROW Super opens for business

ALEX DUNNIN, STEPHEN FAY  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... of up to five Tactical Tilt options. These tactical options are Industrial Tech, Future Internet, Global Sustainability, Green Energy and Global Property. The app, which can be connected to a member's bank account, includes a 'spare change utilisation' ...

Life insurance market flat: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
The life insurance market experienced weak growth in the last three years despite the significant amount of marketing effort and money spent on rejuvenating the industry, a new report shows. Product innovation and intensive marketing activities by insurance ...

Water investing makes a splash

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... from investors looking for opportunities within a regulated market to secure modest returns over a long period of time. Green bonds will likely emerge as a popular funding method, McKeown says, because they are structured around bottom line sustainability ...

Asia leads growing green bond market

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017
Global green bond issuance increased 60% in 2016, continuing the asset class' rapid rise. Fitch Ratings' research shows green bond issuance rose to US$113 billion globally in 2016, underlining investor and issuer interest, especially exposure to environmental ...

Japan rides the virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
No news, it appears, is good news for Japan. The country's stock market and the yen have been heading in the right direction ever since the nuclear threat tit-for-tat between the US and North Korea was taken off the headlines. The Nikkei-225 index has ...