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Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... efforts to protect forests and bushland." Investors are taking deforestation risks into consideration when making investments. Australian Ethical Investments' Ethical Charter directs the fund manager to 'investments that support the development of sustainable ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... placed to support our sector as it seeks to meet future demand." The initial $200 million commitment will target equity investments, and under the structure of the mandate, HESTA has the option to increase the allocation over time, Blakey said. "We're ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... and stewardship are vital to the long-term success and growth of a company," said Scott Tully, general manager of investments at Colonial First State. "Interest in responsible and sustainable investing has continued to grow amongst investors and the ...

First Sentier Investors hires Kate Turner as RI specialist

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... to understand how ESG issues impact long-term investment returns." First Sentier Investors is known as First State Investments outside of Australia.

Millennials prioritise long term returns, fees in investment funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... showed Australian millennials to be the most returns focused (60%) compared to their global peers (53%) when choosing investments. Australians ranked fees and expenses of investing as the second most important consideration (59%) followed closely by ...

Pricing, liquidity, standards challenge green bond market: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... its investment process throughout the firm, including in credit decisions, meaning that they are already considering investments in fixed income based on environmental considerations. "If a company has a good ESG profile and this company has both brown ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... are "challenged by important elements of non-financial risk management," according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Matthew Bell, EY Oceania climate change and sustainability leader ASIC this week released Director and ...

Ethical Investment Week to focus on "The Sustainability Revolution"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... reflects the fact that fund managers and consumers have moved beyond the early stages of exploring and accepting ethical investments, and consumers are fuelling new consumer demand, said Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-Operative. There ...

Rainmaker Group acquires The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... managed funds and super fund investment options active in the market. Research by Rainmaker has shown that many of these investments match or out-perform their non-ESG counterparts. "Rainmaker as a high impact industry researcher and media publisher ...

Climate change impacts "top of mind" for investors: Nuveen Real Estate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
Climate change impacts on real estate investments is a "top of mind" concern for investors, according to the head of sustainability at Nuveen Real Estate. Abigail Dean, head of sustainability, Nuveen Real Estate Nuveen Real Estate, the investment manager ...