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Australian Unity hires ESG property specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... property portfolio. Shinde comes to Australian Unity from Property NSW, where he was senior manager, energy and sustainability and responsible for implementing a sustainability strategy across the organistaion's portfolio of property assets and real ...

PwC Australia appoints first chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
PwC Australia has hired an industry veteran as its first chief sustainability officer. Janette O'Neill joins PwC Australia from QBE Insurance, where she has been group head of sustainability since 2017. In her new role, O'Neill will provide leading ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... twin aim of achieving financial returns and accelerating decarbonisation action. Investment specialists told FS Sustainability that the deal, which was knocked back by the AGL board on the grounds that the $7.50/share offer price undervalued the company ...

Platforms increasing ESG products, research: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Obligations (DDO). The survey noted that Macquarie has partnered with Morningstar to enable advisers to compare sustainability ratings, carbon designation, fund profiles, and new ESG SMAs (self managed accounts) from Dimensional Fund Advisers, Pendal ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... practices "resulting in low and/or decreasing carbon intensity," and sustainable bonds, including green bonds, sustainability linked bonds, transition bonds and social bonds. The fund will also use negative screening to exclude low ESG rated sectors ...

Responsible investment funds surge past $100 billion: Plan For Life

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... growing approach, up 86.7% but currently only adopted by 2% of products." ISS owns Rainmaker Group, publisher of FS Sustainability, as well as Plan For Life.

Inflows to sustainability options on BT platforms double

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... solutions via managed accounts, BT stated, citing research from Investment Trends. BT defines funds as prioritising sustainability, which means funds that go beyond ESG integration to focusing on positive sustainable outcomes. "The reason why managed ...

ANZ takes $50 million stake in Pollination Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... to support customers in the transition to net zero, while helping cement our position as a leading Environmental Sustainability bank in the region, said ANZ group executive institutional Mark Whelan. "We're pleased to be partnering with a team that ...

CEFC, super funds allocate to IFM Investors private equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... to the challenge of emissions reduction," said CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth. "There are real benefits to building the sustainability profile of mid-market growth companies, from cutting their emissions and operating costs to making them more attractive to ...

Rest taps Calvert, Parametric for enhanced ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... diversification for Rest members invested in Sustainable Growth, and also adhere to the option's strict ethical and sustainability requirements," said Rest chief investment officer Andrew Lill. "Adding listed real assets to the option's existing unlisted ...