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Australian asset owners lead on ESG integration, net zero investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... searchers than previously. More broadly, the bfinance survey found that 52% of Australian investors are currently underweight risk assets, compared to 28% of their global peers, 43% of Australian investors said their exposure to private markets strategies ...

Nuveen, SGCH announce separate housing deals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Peter Johnston. "These investments have enabled us to demonstrate a sustainable and scalable proposition with attractive risk-adjusted returns to institutional investors. "We are also very pleased to be working with private sector developers to bring ...

Seeking action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... I'm waiting for and watching for is whether or not there's going to be some sort of commitment on governments to de-risk investment in emerging market and private markets," Halpern said. "There's a clear need for private investment in private ...

Strengthen governance to avoid investment greenwashing: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
To manage the risk of greenwashing, asset managers need to focus on assuring that internal governance structures are consistent with regulatory expectations in various jurisdictions, according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Greenwashing concerns ...

Experts weigh net zero risks, opportunities of Origin Energy bid

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... undermine Origin's transition or increase the carbon intensity of the business? No that doesn't appear to be the more relevant risk, so the loss of shareholder voice to influence the decarbonisation trajectory of that biz is less of a concern "However ...

Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... discuss how a single issue like gender diversity can be used as an alpha signal as well as a qualitative measure of company risk and opportunity. We speak with Realindex Investments senior quantitative portfolio manager Dr Joanna Nash on how the systematic ...

IFM hires ESG exec from Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... and UniSuper were part of a list of 10 institutional investors highlighted by the Investor Agenda for their work on climate risk. The Investor Agenda is comprised of seven investor groups - the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), CDP, Ceres ...

CDP to adopt ISSB climate standard from 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... global voluntary environmental disclosure platform. As of 2022, 18,700 companies reported data on carbon emissions, climate risk and management through DCP. The announcement by CDP and the IFRS Foundation, will accelerate the early adoption of IFRS S2 ...

Experts consider mining the transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... to be integral as relates to mining development. "We can't have a situation where explorers are taking all the development risk and ultimately the buyers are taking the upside when these products come to market. I think that's a thematic to keep an eye ...

Regulatory roundup on key sustainability developments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... across regions and business sectors, and some segments of banks' lending portfolios are exposed to relatively higher risk. FS Sustainability was a media partner to the ASFI Summit. "In the longer term, our intention has always been to expand the ...