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Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... performance of 1,700 companies across five investment universes - MSCI North America, MSCI EMU, MSCI Europe-ex EMU, MSCI Japan and MSCI World. The research is based on quantitative data using ESG metrics provided by the Amundi ESG Research department. ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... billion as of the end of June 2019, placing Australia third in the Asia-Pacific region behind China (US$91.5 billion) and Japan (US$12.4 billion) and in front of South Korea at fourth (US$6.7 billion) and Indonesia at fifth with US$4.0 billion. "Australia ...

TelstraSuper joins Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... activities in Australia. Stewardship codes exist in many markets in the world, including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. The Code is open to all asset owners (including super funds, endowments and sovereign wealth ...

G7 Ministers statement supports growth of the impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the statement, ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States also said they "stress the need to create enabling policy environments in order to ...

Insight Investment applies traffic light analysis to green, impact bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... and driving change around the world, especially in Europe. Secondly, we have leadership from large asset owners - look at Japan's GPIF or some of the superannuation funds s who are leaders in pushing the market. Thirdly, there is awareness in society ...

CFSGAM to divest from tobacco products across portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... subject to the Tobacco Exclusion Policy include Philip Morris, Altria Group, British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco, ITC, KT&G Corp, Swedish Match, Gudang Garam, HM Sampoerna, British American Tobacco MY, Eastern Company, Al Eqbal Investment ...

First State Super signs Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... financial system advocacy. Stewardship codes exist in many markets in the world, including the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Hong Kong and South Africa. The Code is open to all asset owners (including super funds, endowments and sovereign wealth ...

Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... trillion in assets under management. Across Asia Pacific, 110 asset owners and managers were included from China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.

Global responsible investment assets top US$30 trillion: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... Review brings together the results from regional market studies by the responsible investment forums of Europe, the US, Japan, Canada, Australia & New Zealand. It also includes data on the African responsible investing market and highlights from several ...