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Activist group files climate resolution to AGL AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... currently chair of AGL Energy, will continue as chair when the company becomes Accel Energy. Botten was appointed chair in April 2021, having joined the board as a non-executive director in October 2016. Previously, Botten was managing director and CEO ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Forests enrolled in California's climate program to conserve the properties for long-term carbon storage and growth. In April of this year, New Forests, the Yurok Tribe, and the Trust for Public Land announced a transaction that returned Ke'pel Creek ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... offering from mid-2021, and CBA CEO Matt Comyn told the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics in mid-April that the bank will perform credit background checks before extending the BNPL service to customers. "In some instances it's ...

QSuper members call for greater climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... managed." A spokesperson for QSuper referred FS Sustainability to their climate risk policy, published on their website on 28 April. "QSuper is committed to using its strength as an investor to directly influence the reduction of carbon emissions that ...

Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Altius Asset Management. The Australian Unity Green Bond Fund has more than $150 million in assets under management (as at 30 April 2021) and holds a range of government and credit securities to provide both impact and the potential for regular quarterly ...

Fund manager seeking to expand ESG team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Damian Cottier, portfolio manager, with Emilie O'Neill as ESG and equities analyst. Perennial Partners announced in April that it has spun its ESG team and flagship ESG fund into a separate boutique investment business. Perennial Better Future includes ...

ASX companies join 40:40 Vision

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... only one of these appointments was a woman. Currently, 10 CEOs in the ASX200 are women, or 5%. According to AICD, as at 30 April 2021, the percentage of women on ASX200 boards is 32.9%, and 29 women have been appointed to ASX boards so far this year. ...

First Sentier launches private debt strategy with renewable energy assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... standalone First Sentier Investors managed trust structure. The first tranche of loans to renewable energy projects settled in April. First Sentier did not name the investor and did not identify the size of the investment. First Sentier is leveraging ...

Women near parity in 2021 board appointments: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... Limited and Kogan.com Ltd. However, AICD noted that Kogan.Com have announced the appointment of Janine Allis commencing 1 April 2021. " As we head into 2021 the appointment rate for women on boards is nearing parity," said Louise Petschler, AICD general ...

Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... noted that feedback from advisers led Australian Ethical to launch its first Separately Managed Account (SMA) portfolio in April 2020 which has since seen returns of 41.1% to 31 December 2020. The SMA is now available on Hub24 and Praemium, according ...