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Future IM/Pact builds database of female students interested in finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... NAB Asset Management, Pendal, Magellan and Wavestone. Since then, Nikko Asset Management, Fidelity International, Yarra Capital Management, Challenger Limited, Macquarie Securities, Vinva Investment Management, Schroders and Cooper Investments have joined ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... companies and boards to align themselves with long-term outcomes, including compensation arrangements for executives. Human Capital Management. JPMAM believes managing human capital effectively (e.g. workplace standards, education & training, diversity ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... and listed on the Singapore Exchange. "This is a significant milestone for Vena Energy as we access the international capital markets, and an affirmation of the positive contributions that we have made to the environment and host communities in the Asia-Pacific ...

CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... commitment from the CEFC was instrumental to launching the Fund, said Tim Johansen, managing director, global head of capital at Qualitas. "We are pleased to have the support of an institutional investor such as the CEFC who shares our commitment to ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Directing capital towards infrastructure companies that can have a positive environmental and social impact and as well as financial returns is the way to drive change, according to First Sentier Investments. Rebecca Myatt, portfolio manager for First ...

Sydney Airport issues $600m bond with sustainability linked tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... tenor and facilitating direct Australian dollar investment," said Matthew Carr, MUFG's managing director and head of debt capital markets for Australia and New Zealand. "We are proud to have priced the world's first ESG-linked tranche and to have partnered ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... "clear headlines": -Existing and prospective social impact investors have an active appetite to invest significantly more capital. -The shortage of social impact investment opportunities with transparent measurement of social outcomes and financial performance ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... important to understand how firms can integrate their lending programs and their approach to ESG," said Mark Snowdon, head of capital markets, Asia Pacific at Northern Trust. "The most obvious area of focus on marrying an effective ESG policy with a ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... happen." The damage wrought by bushfires and other natural disasters highlight the need for an accounting system for natural capital, Petersen said. "The response thus far to this tragedy has been horror at the loss of wildlife, and then the loss of ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... issues "make better contributions to the global economy and are more resilient," according to US-based fund manager Saturna Capital. Scott Klimo, CIO, Saturna Capital Saturna Capital offers two strategies that integrate ESG analysis - the Saturna Sustainable ...