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Responsible investors called to action on First Nations Peoples

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... of culture and history for the Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura (PKKP) peoples of the Pilbara in Western Australia. Amid global outrage, CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques, Chris Salisbury, chief executive, and Simone Niven group executive, corporate relations ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Biodiversity and the value of ecosystem services are a critical part of a healthy global economy, with investors working to calculate risk and opportunity on investment portfolios. BNP Paribas Asset Management has named biodiversity as one of its key ...

S&P Dow Jones launches new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... suite of indices. S&P Developed ESG Dividend Aristocrats Index, the S&P ESG High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index, the S&P Global ESG Dividend Aristocrats Index, the S&P Global ESG Dividend Aristocrats Quality Income Index and the S&P Euro ESG High Yield ...

APRA emphasises "compounding effect" of climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... has a pivotal role to play in helping to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change and needs to remain competitive in global capital markets that are rapidly shifting capital towards a lower carbon economy." The guide is out for consultation, and ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... two-day Leaders Summit on Climate convened by US President Joe Biden. An additional 14 asset managers, including State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), have joined the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, bringing the total number of signatories up to 87 ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure, bonds and cash. "Rest has partnered with investment manager, Parametric, who are drawing on the expertise of global responsible investment leader, Calvert Research, to construct the Australian and Overseas equities portfolio of this new ...

Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... assets into the portfolio, it improves the portfolio's resilience with regards to a changing and uncertain world order. Global investors' portfolios to date are still highly geographically concentrated. If you look at MSCI ACWI, it has a weight of 60% ...

Investors integrating ESG into securities lending: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Investors are increasingly integrating ESG policies into their securities lending programs, according to State Street Global Markets. State Street Global Markets recently announced it has established an ESG-aware commingled cash collateral reinvestment ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... are focused on finding innovative smaller Australian companies. Many of the companies in the portfolio have entered into global markets and have significant growth potential - they are often disruptors in their chosen markets, improving health outcomes ...

NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... just New Zealand-domiciled entities, but also companies that are dually listed on the ASX and NZX, as well as regional and global fund managers who have operations in NZ that meet those thresholds. This raises the question as to whether an entity that ...