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Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of responsible investment, gave an update on responsible investment and impact investing as a way to reorient towards sustainable and inclusive growth. Worldwide, responsible investment is undergoing an evolution ...

SSGA launches State Street Low Carbon ESG International Equities Index Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... further down the ESG road, so yes, this fund has existing clients in it," Darroch said. "With the focus of ESG type investing in Australia, we expect that other clients and new clients would be interested in such an offering." The fund has assets under ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... broad framework and the ESG approach, we are actively looking in some of our strategies in terms of positive impact investing," Murphy said. "We approach it from the best practice, perspective, which measure should we use, what is the best price for ...

Rising importance of sustainability in the commercial real estate industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... have profits or be sustainable, but not both. In fact, as of August 2017, 53% of investors still believe sustainable investing requires a financial trade-off. As the prevalence of sustainable practices has risen, and investment in related technology ...

Examining the corporate governance implications of share buybacks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... said Ric Marshall, executive director, MSCI ESG Research. "One of the things you could do with money if you weren't investing in R&D, you could build a bigger company buying up smaller companies. That trend seems to have been replaced by the new emphasis ...

Cbus Super makes first direct infrastructure investment into renewable energy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... developing here around the strategy of three principles - being a long term investor, taking a whole of economy view and investing back into the economy." Developing the internal capability to invest directly in infrastructure is in line with their strategy ...

CEFC invests $150 million with IFM Australian Infrastructure Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is investing $150 million in the IFM Investors' managed IMF Australian Infrastructure Fund, which will target emissions reduction and energy efficiency initiatives across IFM-owned assets. Ian Learmonth, CEO ...

Mercer hires three consultants to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment team, one of three hires to the global responsible investment team. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer Stamp will join Mercer's Sydney office and report Helga Birgden, global business leader ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... manager Man Group is considering the impacts of divestment from tobacco as part of its broader approach to responsible investing. Jason Mitchell, sustainability strategist, Man Group, The fund manager does not have a blanket policy of divestment from ...

Protecting impact from Greenwash - Duncan Paterson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... at that time. It can be difficult to come up with a hard-and-fast definition for impact investment. The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) offers the clearest approach, identifying three key characteristics for impact investments: Intentionality ...