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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 ...

Future Super measures environmental impact of portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Super has released its second impact report, measuring the fund's environmental impact both in terms of fossil fuel investments avoided and renewable energy that investments have generated. Kirstin Hunter, co-founder, Future Super The report focuses ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... the early part of 2020. Talal Yassine, managing director, Crescent Wealth Crescent Wealth's approach actively avoids investments in industries such as gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weaponry, and interest-earning organisations with a focus on profitable ...

CEFC invests $1.7 million in Australian agritech company

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... million. Other investors include Hong Kong investment group Horizons Ventures, a VC fund backed by Li Ka-shing with early investments in companies like Spotify and Zoom, Grok Ventures, the private investment fund of Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes and ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Green Exchange (STAGE), a first of its kind data and information platform focusing on sustainable and green finance investments in the region, another step in Hong Kong's development as a green finance hub. STAGE will promote the visibility, transparency ...