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UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... advisor to Morrow Sodali. She is also a member of the Advisory Council for Hong Kong based investment management firm, Oasis Capital. In 2018 she received the Asia Industry Leadership Award from 100 Women in Finance and in 2013 was named one of Australia's ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... stronger governance measures over those that do not have stronger governance measures. When people focus on preservation of capital, it's the quality metrics with a focus on the future that tends to do better. This gives a positive set of defensive characteristics ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
GRI has hired two senior staff at its Amsterdam headquarters - a director of capital markets engagement and a head of policy. Siobhan Cleary is the new director of capital markets engagement, a newly created role. She joins 1 May and will be responsible ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... is being assembled right now, but companies are seeking to make major change that will undeniably impact on their human capital and how their organisations function, with repercussions that will bring the sometimes-amorphous of the considerations of ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... rate needs to more than double current investment flows by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement temperature goals. Sufficient capital is available, but the CCA points to "systemic market failures, including the under-pricing of climate-related risk" as preventing ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... O'Neill, managing director 57 Stars, a $4 billion Washington DC- based boutique asset manager focused on thematic private capital investments in sectors characterised by longâ€term dynamic growth benefiting from innovation, technological disruption ...

Forum360 highlights case for virtual shopping for fund managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... fund managers with analytics to measure engagement with a product, meeting or announcement. "Active management is a human capital proposition," Hirst said. "But there are sub-optimal measurements. You look at the feedback loop, which is mostly subjective ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable value creation and it's clear our investors, institutional and retail, see it the same way, as do the debt capital markets." The social metrics aim to increase Indigenous employment levels across the Wesfarmers Group's Australian workforce ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... climate projections, stakeholder demand and portfolio holdings are considered in our strategic asset management plans and capital works planning," Cromwell said in its TCFD statement. "Our internal in-house Australian property and facilities management ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... that an orderly and liquid securities lending market is a necessary component of an orderly, transparent and sustainable capital market more broadly."