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Cost of no climate action to hit Australian economy: Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... have to address all of these trends." Deloitte said that business, industry, investors and government need to leverage capital and plan for the transition. The report notes that policies aimed at strengthening economic growth can support low-emission ...

BetaShares to launch ethical diversified ETFs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... with BetaShares' 10 th anniversary. BetaShares currently manages approximately $14 billion in assets. BetaShares and AMP Capital have decided to close AMP Capital's three funds, GLIN, RENT and DMKT. BetaShares has also decided to close its BetaShares ...

Credit strategy links financial return to social, environmental impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... than new projects. They're green and they're certified, so on and so forth, but the purity of impact is when the capital is going into new projects." The impact fund invests in investment grade securities where the projects have clear definition ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... completely excluding them from your portfolio, we're not making an impact on the real economy because yes, we withdrew capital from a portfolio, they're not getting equity financing, but that's it." The long term outlook is just that - an ...

Link between post-bushfire regeneration and impact investing: WWF-Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... communities and understand how the fires and COVID-19 have affected communities, how it's impacted local economies, and social capital," Proudfoot said. "What we heard was really powerful - any solutions that we're developing have to work hand in hand ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investment Group (IIG) has named Amanda Goodman head of capital raising and investor relations. Goodman joined IIG in 2014 as one of the fund's early hires. She has previously worked as head of syndication. The new title "reflects how Amanda's ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... there would have to be a much higher carbon price of EUR80-100/tonne by 2030. "That will start attracting the private capital that will be needed and start to achieve the economies of scale which will allow you to drive down the cost of green carbon," ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... also making sure that companies were making decisions that weren't at the expense of long term prospects. This meant that capital allocation and systemic risk management rose to the top. This expanded beyond the financial considerations." Colton likened ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... term after fees, before tax, while having a positive social and environmental benefit. "Ultimately, we're directing capital flows, and that's an incredible privilege," Tominc said. "It's also a responsibility because if we build the wrong ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A $120 billion industry superannuation fund has revamped its SRI option to tighten screening standards. Aware Super has updated its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) options to refine the list of excluded companies to include those earning 5% or ...