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ESG managed funds large portion of total Australian flow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... added $2.4 billion to ESG equity funds, with ESG funds taking nearly half - two fifths - of 2022's equity fund inflows. Global ESG funds were the most popular category, Calastone said. Elsewhere, inflows to property funds dropped by 78% in 2022, reflecting ...

Climate a top concern for Australia's C-Suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... focus for 2023, behind the economic outlook and competition for talent. Australian organisations were more likely than global peers to call out impacts of climate change including 53% citing operational impacts of climate-related disasters or weather ...

Podcast: Is biodiversity "the new climate change"?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Deirdre Cooper, head of sustainable equity within the multi-asset team at global fund manager Ninety One, joins us to talk about how to invest in the transition to a low-carbon economy, why biodiversity isn't the new climate change, and how Ninety One ...

CFA Societies in call for uniform ESG disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
CFA Societies Australia is calling on global asset managers to adopt uniform disclosure standards for ESG investment products. Given the intensifying focus on greenwashing that shows no sign of abating in 2023, CFA Societies is highlighting the need ...

Bloom raises $525,000 in seed funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... positive screens to invest in funds that are aligned to Project Drawdown, which identifies 80 climate solutions to reverse global warming, as well as Australian solutions defined by Climateworks Centre. Future Super's former investment officer Dan ...

IML launches Sustainable Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... because of its value proposition, said Natixis IM country head for Australia Louise Watson. "Sustainable investing is a global priority for Natixis Investment Managers," Watson said. "We have a strong history of launching dedicated strategies which support ...

Australian businesses exposed to EU carbon levy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... been very elusive," said EY Oceania chief sustainability officer Mathew Nelson. "CBAM is a mechanism that can create a global proxy price to carbon, eaffectively creating something with an imposed carbon price on jurisdictions that don't have it ...

New Forests appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... 1.1 million hectares and $10 billion in assets under management," he said. Mark Rogers will become chief executive of the global investment manager in April, while Brand will take on the new role of chair. Rogers has been managing director, Australia ...

APAC outperforms amid global sustainable finance pullback

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
Sustainable finance showed global declines across all categories in 2022, however, activity in Asia Pacific remained robust, according to research from Refinitiv. Refinitiv has issued its Sustainable Finance Review for 2022, which found that sustainable ...

Deloitte launches green tech initiative for business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... Deloitte has launched GreenSpace Tech, a collaborative initiative to commercialise and scale climate technology solutions. The global initiative assists businesses - particularly those in the hard-to-abate sectors - to achieve their net zero commitments ...