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Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
A wide majority of Australian asset owners believe that ESG considerations are either very important or moderately important to setting investment strategy and implementation, according to a recent survey conducted by consultancy bfinance. bfinance ...

HSBC launches ESG portfolio reporting tool for asset owners, managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC today launched a reporting service that provides asset owners and managers who utilise the bank's securities services with independent measurement of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues in their investment portfolios. Chris ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... risk), per real estate asset and per scenario, and provides a framework for investors - including investment managers, asset owners, banks and insurers - to improve portfolio performance, risk management, regulatory reporting and progress towards broader ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... risk), per real estate asset and per scenario, and provides a framework for investors - including investment managers, asset owners, banks and insurers - to improve portfolio performance, risk management, regulatory reporting and progress towards broader ...

Climate change, unclear policy response pose investment risk: JANA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... down strategy," said Tim Conly, head of responsible investment research at JANA. "...[W]e wanted to demonstrate to asset owners how climate change could impact investors under a number of different scenarios and demonstrate impacts over the short, medium ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... faster; and this dynamic is driving a growing recognition of the importance of collective action by institutional asset owners," the report said. "Investors need to have a framework to apply to investment solutions," Birgden said. "Out of this work we'll ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... agencies independently of each other. Four insurers, Allianz, AXA, Munich Re and Zurich, are members of the Net-Zero Asset Owners Alliance, which have pledged to align their investment portfolios with a maximum 1.5C of warming. Seven Allianz, AXA, Chubb ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... practices in place." Gocher also highlighted that while proxy voting is not the only tool of engagement for Australian asset owners of Australian companies, direct engagement with overseas companies is limited, so the tool of the proxy vote becomes more ...

Northern Trust launches ESG Analytics Summary for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... clients around the world, including Australia. Northern Trust's Investment Risk and Analytical Services group supports asset owners and asset managers and currently has over US$5 trillion (as at 31 December 2019) in assets under measurement. Consultants ...

Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... pathways," said Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative. "The investor appetite is there. It will only increase as asset owners and institutional investor calls grow for climate, resilience measures and sustainability considerations be at the core ...