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Macquarie bolsters green investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Macquarie Group issued a new loan facility, including $880 million to be specifically directed into green projects. Totalling more than $3.5 billion, Macquarie said its new facility demonstrates its ongoing commitment to green energy and technology ...

Pension fund becomes green lender

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
A $470 billion pension fund is set to issue its inaugural green bond, providing additional funding to increase its own green holdings. Claiming to be the first pension fund to do so, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) described the issuance ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... last time Australia enjoyed a Budget surplus (to the point that speculations back then was that Australia doesn't need a bond market no longer, it doesn't need to borrow money from the rest of the world) - when the surplus, equivalent to 1.7% of GDP ...

CFS partners to create ESG fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
... The fund launch is part of CFS strategic alliance agreement with AIM which describes itself as the world's first dedicated green and impact bond management company. CFS general manager distribution Peter Chun said the fund allows conscious investors ...

XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... returns than term deposits, with the added convenience of daily liquidity through ASX trading." The portfolio is a 'light green' ESG portfolio that has the broadest selection criteria, as opposed to "dark green" ESG selection criteria that is stricter. ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... all-of-portfolio sustainable solution," Dimensional head of APAC portfolio management Bhanu Singh said. The global sustainability bond fund will charge a management cost of 41 basis points, which is six basis points above the global bond trust that charges ...

Natixis unveils ESG global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... provide investment advice. Mirova is a socially responsible investment manager with investments in equities, infrastructure, green bonds, natural capital strategies and social impact investing. Paris-based Mirova's investment team tests companies' ESG ...

Nomura appoints Australian president

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2018
... research group to focus on the sustainable development of the ESG bond market. "Given the large number of ESG bonds including green bonds issued in recent years, there is a need for more research on how the ESG bond market will develop in the future," ...

Chief economist update: The uncertainty that is Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... times for the US economy for in spite of President Donald Trump's micro-management the S&P 500 index remains 3.4% in the green so far this year and 10-year bond yields have fallen from the 2.94% high recorded in late February to 2.84% overnight. So too ...

Chief economist update: ECB sees low rates for longer

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2018
... Ludwig-Erhard Summit in Bavaria to do the same. Like Kuroda, Weidmann's words partly aided in reversing the rise in euro area bond yields, after the release of the minutes of the ECB's December meeting prompted speculations that the European Central ...