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IPCC report highlights need for urgent action in Australia: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Against the backdrop of a landmark report into the physical impacts of climate change, one expert suggests that Australia's existing policy settings can be updated to a cap-and-trade systems to meet the challenge. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...

Bank launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... loan. "This product is aligned to sustainability-linked loans (SLLs) and bonds (SLBs) so instead of being earmarked to an asset along the lines of what we call a 'use of proceeds' product such as a green bond or social bond," said Tessa Dann, a director ...

ESG "the most important thematic for the next 30 years"

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... to Plato Investment Management. Managing director Don Hamson pointed to the surge in ESG investment and explained why the asset management industry must take ESG and sustainability seriously. The $10.8 billion specialist income fund manager has integrated ...

bfinance hires ESG and responsible investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... with integrating ESG considerations into their investment strategies. She was also responsible for developing proprietary asset manager research and monitoring frameworks to assess ESG across a range of asset classes. Gosrani will report to Duncan Higgs ...

Quant manager deploys AI to identify corporate greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Acadian Asset Management has developed an AI system to identify greenwashing in potential investments. Acadian, a quantitative equities manager, integrates environmental, social and governance data widely through portfolio processes. The firm said it ...

Investor consortium completes Tilt Renewables deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
A group of investors including QIC, the Future Fund, and AGL have completed the acquisition of Tilt Renewables. The Powering Australian Renewables (PowAR) consortium, which is led by QIC in conjunction with co-investors including Aware Super, Hostplus ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Asia Pacific. It will "proactively engage with policymakers to help shape the region's ESG regulatory framework, support asset owners' journey towards Net Zero, integrate ESG considerations in all investments and undertake active ownership activities," ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... aspects as part of our investment process," Myers added. Pengana Capital Group Limited has a strategic agreement with WHEB Asset Management (WHEB) to manage the Pengana WHEB Sustainable Impact Fund. The fund holds around 50 stocks, with a typical holding ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... manufactured into high value structural timber for the construction industry. In addition to the 24,000 hectares in the GTFP asset, AXA IM Alts also owns nearly 60,000 hectares of forest in France, Finland and Ireland. AXA IM Alts will seek to increase ...

Infrastructure to offer opportunity for decarbonisation investment: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
The infrastructure sector has the opportunity to lead global industry in decarbonisation, according to ClearBridge Investments. But different sectors within infrastructure present different risk and opportunity scenarios and cannot be treated as a monolith ...