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bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
More of Japan's active equity managers are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) into their investment processes, but the balance of activity is in the corporate governance side, according to analysis from manager research and selection ...

Giant Leap venture capital fund seeks impact businesses for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... million fund is owned by Impact Investment Group, and is investing in businesses that "blend financial returns with deep social and environmental impact." "The purpose of Giant Leap is to demonstrate that businesses that fuse profit and purpose actually ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... and Director of the Centre of Design at RMIT University. Helen has written widely on product stewardship and corporate social responsibility including several books. She recently published Product stewardship in action (2016) and is a co-author of Packaging ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... strategy and also applied our SRI and ethical filters to meet investor demand for a fund that also look at ethical and social responsibility," Prabhu said. "The ethical and SRI process has had a long history here at Perpetual - we have an SRI/ethical ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Investors and credit ratings agencies (CRAs) are grappling with assessing where environmental and social factors are relevant on credit ratings, and how they can impact balance sheets and cash flow projection, according to a report from the Principles ...

HESTA commits additional $40m to Social Impact Investment Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
HESTA committed an additional $40 million to its Social Impact Investment Trust (SIIT), more than doubling its investment in the social impact vehicle. Michael Lynch, Executive Director, Impact Investing, SVA. Managed by Social Ventures Australia (SVA) ...

Super funds continue to expand responsible investment activities: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
A strong majority of Australian superannuation have their full board or board committees overseeing environmental, social and corporate governance risks and opportunities, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) Super ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... firms are responding to investor demand by investing in the data and expertise they need in order to accurately measure the social and environmental dimensions of their investments," said Jack Inglis, AIMA CEO. "As such investments become more sought ...

QBE commits minimum $100m to impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... 2014, said Phil White, QBE CEO Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) and ANZO Premiums4Good Champion. "We saw the start of the social investing market coming out of the UK, and QBE was keen to be at the centre of the formation of the market globally," White ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... Alphinity screens out gold miners because the environmental damage that comes as a byproduct of gold mining outweighs the social value of gold, Andre said. "Gold, for instance, we cannot see any value add to society," he said. "Eight percent of current ...