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Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... held the role of head of ethical investments. In that role, her had oversight of over $1.7 billion in assets under management, and responsibility for building, and managing that organisation's responsible investment program across multiple asset classes ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Pacific and global head of sustainable finance group, group sustainability and impact, UBS. Within UBS's global asset management, sustainable-focused and impact assets under management totaled over US$ 97 billion by the end of September 2021, with the ...

Australian funds highlighted for climate action plans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Investimentos, Mirae Asset Global Investments (South Korea), PensionDanmark (Denmark) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management (Japan).

ASX companies in SSGA's sights over climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... oversight of diversity, equity, and inclusion more broadly, beyond the board," Taraporevala said. "...With human capital management now widely seen as both a risk and opportunity for employers in the wake of the pandemic, we have also published guidance ...

Accountants to play central role in ESG developments: CPA Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... insurers and superannuation funds in managing climate-related risks and opportunities as part of their existing risk management and governance frameworks. Beyond climate change, other aspects of ESG-related reporing and management is expected to continue ...

Pushing ahead on gender parity in investment: Future IM/Pact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... founder of the Future IM/Pact initiative, which is aimed at increasing the diversity of talent coming into investment management industry, noted that progress in recruiting more women into investment management has been made in recent years, mainly in ...

2021 theme in review: human rights

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... institutional investors, which outlines why it is necessary to include human rights considerations in climate risk management of investment portfolios. The guide points out that a siloed approach to human rights risks and climate risks is a risk to institutional ...

2021 theme in review: biodiversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... piece." Investors around the world are integrating analysis of biodiversity impacts into their portfolios. Vontobel Asset Management announced in December that it will measure the biodiversity impacts of its Quality Growth Boutique after announcing a ...

What you read in 2021

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... demonstrate top ESG leadership, while also finding that ESG options in super funds represent $160 billion in assets under management. In Rainmaker reveals top performing ESG super funds, we revealed that Australian Ethical Investment, CBUS Super, AustralianSuper ...

DigitalX hires NAB exec as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... board and lead DigitalX as it continues to execute its business plan based around our three business units of funds management, Blockchain ventures and development of distributed ledger technologies." Wade has nearly 30 years of finance and financial ...