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State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... S&P/ASX 200 Index," according to State Street Global Advisors. E200 will provide access to improved ESG exposure with a similar risk-return profile to the S&P/ASX200 Index, said Meaghan Victor, head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution. "For the last ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... purpose-driven organisations that's 50% guaranteed by government," said Hanna Ebeling, Sefa CEO. "It allow us to take a little more risk around the portfolio, but most importantly, this is also good for the organisations that they have the six months' ...

ARENA grants additional funding for Monash Uni renewables study

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... technical analysis is specialised and it takes a lot of time and skill to get it right. If the analysis reveals potential risk of problems, the development of solutions takes even more time and the dedication of even more highly specialised scarce resources. ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... performance, grows and becomes more robust over time, and clearly demonstrates that with ESG investing comes that kind of better risk-adjusted returns, I think that will drive the demand going forward."

Taking a closer look at corporate lobbying on climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... effective climate change policy, it creates risks in investor portfolios. It exposes these portfolios to weather-related risk - as evidenced by the devastating bushfires that swept through Australia in early 2020. It exposes the companies in these portfolios ...

COVID-19 risks and impacts disclosure "unprecedented challenge": AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
In a move to assist companies in reporting on the impacts of COVID-19, the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) and CPA Australia have published a joint guidance on disclosure and ...

ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes in fixed income and credit portfolios is "crucial" to risk management, according to Janus Henderson. L-R: Jay Sivapalan, head of Australian fixed interest; Ashley Kopczynski ...

SASB, GRI announce collaborative workplan for further understanding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... stakeholders are demanding improved disclosure of information on sustainability impacts, including those likely to drive risk and opportunity in both the short and long term." Both organisations emphasise that independence is important to both GRI and ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... priorities will be governance, strategy alignment for the long term, human capital management, stakeholder engagement and climate risk. The Sustainable Investing team collaborated with a working group of 19 senior portfolio managers, research analysts ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
MSCI has launched a new product designed to provide investors with deeper climate risk data around private real estate assets. MSCI Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk (VaR) provides a forward-looking and return-based valuation assessment to measure climate-related ...