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Preparing to take advantage of the critical mineral story

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... they want to show positive action," Yoon said. "Given it's such an economic opportunity, this is an opportunity for asset owners to get together and have this collaborative approach and make sure this opportunity is done in such a way that not only supports ...

Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... Adam Kanzer said: "We are gratified and energized by the strong response we've received from both asset managers and asset owners around the world. "We believe this sends a very strong signal to the global markets - we must work together to reverse the ...

Climate risk or opportunity for insurance sector

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... this is baked in, even if we meet the 1.5 degree target." Alison Drill Head PCSS APAC Swiss Re(Australia) said that asset owners need to "reduce risk, rather than respond afterwards with insurance." "It is an ongoing conversation with members on how ...

Australian companies lagging on climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... of climate transition plans while increasing obligations on lead investors. nearly 50 Australian fund managers and asset owners belong to the organisation. This year's revised benchmark assessment found that companies are also failing to align capital ...

Nature credits a potential bonanza for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... Asia-Pacific. "I'm hoping that this really kickstarts actually not just corporates and financial institutions and asset owners and investors but really globally all of those different parties valuing nature and understand that nature really is underpinning ...

Corporates to begin adopting final TNFD recommendations

ROSE MARY PETRASS, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... recommendations from as early as this week. In response to increasing pressure from policymakers and regulators, asset owners, asset managers and leading global companies, are increasing their focus on nature-related risk management and biodiversity ...

BlackRock, SGX, and MSCI launch US$426M Singapore climate action ETF

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... of investors. The ETF is managed by BlackRock, and has received anchor support from Prudential, one of the largest asset owners in Asia and a member of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance. The ETF tracks the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan Climate Action Index ...

How to achieve low carbon intensity in your equity portfolio

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... seeing more and more that investors want to dial up their scrutiny on the climate front." bfinance works for global asset owners on the implementation of investment strategies. Brindle said investors have started to set portfolio targets on things like ...

Investors in hot seat over impact of 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... has an increase in mortality and morbidity." The outcomes of the panel will be to demonstrate to fund managers and asset owners how to start assessing how climate change will impact on people and planet - and thus assets in portfolios - based on available ...

Investors consider greenwashing when setting net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... echoed by Carl Prins, CEO and co-founder of Pathzero, an Australian technology company that provides institutional asset owners access to relevant and reliable carbon information in their private market investment portfolios. "There's a massive lack ...