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Monetary Authority of Singapore hires chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has formed a new Sustainability Group and hired Darian McBain as chief sustainability officer. McBain joins MAS on 1 October. The new Sustainability Group led by McBain will steer sustainability efforts across ...

ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Australian CEOs face calls for more ESG reporting and transparency, but admit they struggle to "articulate a compelling ESG story," according to research from KPMG. The KPMG 2021 CEO Outlook, a study of 1,300 CEOs across 12 countries including Australia ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The Haven Wealth Partners Ethical Absolute Return Fund is a value-focused ethical absolute return fund, which applies positive and negative screens to its investments in companies that are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Haven Wealth ...

Federated Hermes launches climate change high yield credit strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The international business of Federated Hermes has launched a high yield credit strategy that invests in securities that support a low carbon future. The Federated Hermes Climate Change High Yield Credit Strategy is seeded by and designed in partnership ...

SGX proposes mandatory TCFD, diversity reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The Singapore Stock Exchange (SGX) has proposed making the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) guidelines mandatory for all entities listed on the exchange. The Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is also proposing enhancements ...

Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Regulators are taking on greenwashing in financial products and asset consultants are standing close by to ensure fund managers are offering products and services that are true to their ESG label. Media outlets have reported that German asset manager ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Agricultural investments offer not only long-term diversified returns, but also the potential to use natural capital to impact on climate change as well as generate additional financial return. Warakirri Cropping chief executive officer and head of ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a framework of targets that investors can use to implement sustainable investment outcomes. There is "deep momentum" to making investments towards companies and assets that support the ...

HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC Australia has launched a new project to develop for a mangrove bond that can be used to protect and restore vital natural habitats. HSBC has partnered with London-based Earth Security have to develop a blueprint for measuring the environmental ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Venture capital is pushing further into the impact investing sector, with one VC firm announcing a second impact fund while a second VC firm announces a responsible investment policy. Giant Leap, which pioneered the first impact VC fund in Australia ...