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Global digitalisation impacting environmental, social factors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... to the impacts of the COVID0-19 pandemic, but it was accelerated over the last year, said Hamish Chamberlayne, head of global sustainable equities at Janus Henderson Investors "Digitalisation is one of the great generational trends," Chamberlayne said. ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... with Impax Asset Management that "focuses on investing in opportunities arising from the transition to a more sustainable global economy and the safeguarding of member savings from climate related risks." This mandate will contribute to the Fund's ...

Westpac inks $350 million sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... of Canada and Commonwealth Bank of Australia have been appointed as joint mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners. The global SLL market has grown significantly since the first SLL was executed in 2017 and reached US$141bn in 2019 before falling to US$124bn ...

Diversity, human rights, climate change lead agenda: ASI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... that we should be having, and that's something that we as a house are focused on as well." ASI has also established a global working group on labour and human rights that takes a multi-asset class, multi-regional approach. "Because modern slavery ...

Social issues come to fore in 2020: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... modern slavery, and the way in which COVID-19 materially increased the risk of labour exploitation and how workers across global supply chains became increasingly vulnerable as one area of engagement both directly and through industry events. The increasing ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... view of traditional and ESG-related risks, according to the firm. "For an entity like an Australian super fund, which is a global asset owner, we see the whole book," Cheever said. "The asset owner wants to be able to make decisions at a total portfolio ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... premium of about 25-50 bps for solar and 50-150bps for onshore wind. "Although renewables seem to be the way forward for global energy production, we are now entering a new phase for the emergent asset class of renewable energy infrastructure," said ...

Real estate managers carry out decarbonisation strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... research and skills training programs aimed at supporting green jobs. Lendlease is targeting absolute zero carbon across its global enterprise by 2040, which entails a commitment to no longer purchasing offsets. The company is working in collaboration ...

Wholesale managed funds continue strong performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... month. Emerging markets had the strongest index performance, with a 3.7% return in Australian dollar terms. The main MSCI global ESG index rose 0.8% while the Australian equities equivalent - the MSCI ESG Leaders Index returned -0.1%. Looking to the ...

New to market investors seeking ESG information from platforms

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... December 2020. "The spectacular recovery witnessed by US stocks in the second half of 2020 has captured the attention of a global audience, prompting many Australians to consider investing beyond local equities," Guiamatsia said. "A greater choice of ...