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Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... doesn't mean you don't invest in anything, but there has to be a recognition that you're investing an increasing amount of capital in companies that currently may have poor practices, but are making the commitment to change." Identifying those opportunities ...

Five reasons investors should adopt an active versus passive ESG approach

JOEL CONNELL  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... 2016 and US$35 trillion in 2020. This flow of assets is enabling companies with strong ESG credentials to attract more capital and often premium valuations relative to companies with poor ESG credentials. This paper looks at some of the key factors that ...

Bank Australia taps NAB executive as chief impact officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... recently executive, social impact. Previously, she led NAB's Corporate Social Responsibility function and NAB's natural capital strategy. Bank Australia managing director Damien Walsh cited Courville's experience across sustainability and shared value ...

Leading Harvest to bring ag sustainability standard to Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Investment Management Agriculture Services (Australia), Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), RRG Capital Management, Warakirri Asset Management and affiliate members Accounting for Nature and Kilter Rural. "If you look at ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... She sees an opportunity to work with investors like private offices. "There is genuine opportunity there, in building a capital stack to bring in the private offices who can take on more risk on the first tranches in an equity or a debt position, and ...

Australian Ethical launches high conviction ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... distribute that and make a product where we felt there was demand," Murray said. "It's part of the journey to democratise capital. "Because it's a very liquid portfolio, it's easier to build an ETF around that." The fund's top ten companies by shareholding ...

Plato Investment Management launches net zero hedge fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... will be able to actively play a bigger part in driving corporate change while having the ability to starve polluters of capital by shorting the most egregious emitters." The Plato Global Net Zero Hedge Fund will be managed by David Allen and Charles ...

PGIM creates global head of ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... launched dedicated ESG strategies for institutional and retail clients, while PGIM's private credit business, PGIM Private Capital, has actively invested in renewable power for the past 15 years. "Given PGIM's global scale and footprint, we have immense ...

Data challenges inhibit ESG integration in sovereign credit ratings: World Bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... 'headline' credit assessment." The report pointed out that aspects of a country's wealth related to human capital and produced capital are "generally reflected" in sovereign credit ratings assessments, but natural capital is generally not. ...

Stakeholder capitalism key to long-term returns: Fink

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... and employees as a result of the changes borne of the COVID-19 pandemic, and cited an "explosion" in the availability of capital for market disruption, particularly as related to decarbonisation. "The next 1,000 unicorns won't be search engines or social ...