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TCorp NSW issues $1.3 billion green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... their types to date in the Australian market. "This bond has delivered our strategic objective of building and extending our ESG curve, currently unique in Australia," Trigona said. "The NSW Sustainability Bond Programme now has $5.2bn outstanding and ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... updated SRI options that exclude fossil fuels and their supply chain services and businesses that do not meet strongly defined ESG criteria." Aware Super offers two SRI options - the Diversified SRI option, and the Australian Equities SRI option. 'Our ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... (RIAA) has released an updated Financial Adviser Guide to Responsible Investment, and discussed both the growth in the retail ESG/responsible investing market, as well as the questions pertinent to advisers in a recent webinar. "I fundamentally think ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... oversight of that process, which is being led by APRA's Policy Division. APRA is currently reviewing SPG 530 in in relation to ESG considerations for super funds. APRA's focus on the financial risks of climate change has steadily increased in recent ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Zenith Investment Partners is aiming to demystify ESG and responsible investing strategies for clients by introducing a tiered framework that describes funds' activities based on their research. "When considering the landscape of ESG issues or values ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolios, according to Daintree Capital. Daintree Capital is a globally unconstrained fixed income manager that integrates ESG as part of its investment process and invests in a range of bonds that have strong ESG characteristics, according to Brad ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Vanguard Australia has launched an Australian shares environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund and exchange traded fund (ETF), expanding its Ethically Conscious range. The Vanguard Ethically Conscious Australian Shares Fund and ETF (ASX:VETH) ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... infrastructure, business practices and operating models." The report also notes that investors and lenders are increasingly including ESG factors in their credit assessments, typically at the corporate level of the borrower. This will increase demand ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable funds were muted in the second quarter but still positive at $335 million." "We're certainly seeing the demand for ESG and investing become more broad-based and we're hearing that from our adviser community," said Jamie Wickham, managing ...

MackeyRMS launches ESG Scorecards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
MackeyRMS, a provider of SaaS-based research management software, has released an ESG Scorecards process to streamline investment selection, monitoring and reporting for ESG-focused portfolios. ESG Scorecards was built in collaboration with MackeyRMS ...