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First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... our members and the community," Stewart said. "... We have a unique opportunity and responsibility to leverage our investments to have a significant and meaningful impact on our community. This has never been more critical than in our current environment. ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... assets in an investment portfolio. "This is effectively a methodology where they can plug some information about their investments into a standardised assessment methodology, and out of that assessment approach comes information, again, which is climate ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... going to change over time as well." The cash gained from divesting from thermal coal producers will be redeployed to investments that are in line with the transition to a low-carbon economy, McDonald said. "From a member perspective, because this is ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... that will be paid back, Harrington said. "In the fourth year, our target to be self-sustaining and to pay back the investments over the subsequent years," Harrington said. "It's a unique transaction." The consortium did not buy all of AAP - major shareholders ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... loss, diversity and public health, said Matt Christensen, AXA IM's global head of impact strategy and responsible investments. "As an industry, we are moving away from the narrow definition of fiduciary duty - a transition that we at AXA IM firmly support," ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has launched a new green bond fund seeded with cornerstone investments from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and clients from Crestone Wealth Management. Bill Bovingdon, CIO Altius Asset Management The Australian Unity Green ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has recently launched the Aberdeen Standard Global Smaller Companies Fund in Australia. Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG Investment Director - Asia Pacific, ASI The fund is a high-conviction portfolio of quality global smaller ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... risks and opportunities across assets through a methodologically consistent model, with the aim of improving their own investments and empowering them to invest in a way that meaningfully tackles climate change."

Fidelity International launches Sustainable Water and Waste Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... said. "It is a proxy for the moment, but it takes us in the right direction." Lecourt also spoke to the impact of investments in water and waste companies. "If you invest in water and waste, it will stimulate the local economy," he said. "Every household ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... risks are huge, universal shareholders such as institutional investors "have great capacity to pursue transformational investments to mitigate these risks, while capturing attractive risk-adjusted investment returns." Investors are doing so already ...