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Banks face multi-billion risks from climate change: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... place an appropriate governance process to approve the inclusion or exclusion of climate risks in their overall risk management framework." The report recommends four key actions: adjust risk appetite towards climate change, create a climate risk register ...

Alphinity launches SDG-aligned fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Global equities boutique fund manager Alphinity Investment Management has launched a global sustainable strategy aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Alphinity Global Sustainable Equity Fund is a concentrated fund seeking to ...

Institutional Shareholder Services to acquire Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... capabilities to our clients." ISS is majority owned by Deutsche Börse Group, along with Genstar Capital and ISS management. ISS provides ESG and governance research, market intelligence and fund services and data and analytics, as well as public companies ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... continuing prevalence of sustainable investing across the global investment industry, with sustainable assets under management growing 15% in two years to US$35.3 trillion, and in total equating to 36% of all professionally managed assets across regions ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... production, environmental market exposures, and conservation, in order to generate higher returns than a timber-only management approach and to create climate change mitigation outcomes and positive community impact, the firm said. The global forestry ...

Schroders names APAC sustainability heads

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... will report to Stephanie Chang, head of ESG integration, in London. Dan Chi joined Schroders in 2020 from Nikko Asset Management, where she was global ESG specialist. Schroders noted that the four-person team will comprise a sustainable equity analyst ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... social benefits of RAH, we looked to bring this to the fore," said ASI head of infrastructure investment and asset management - Australia and New Zealand Bill Haughey. "It gives us more attraction from the lending market, it gives us more scale, which ...

ASIC reviewing greenwashing in financial products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... to examine super funds and managed funds to determine "the extent to which greenwashing may be evident in the funds management space," similar to the way that ASIC has reviewed how large, listed companies disclose their climate risk. "Boards should be ...

Ethical fund manager sees 50% spike in AUM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
A leading ethical fund manager's assets under management increased by more than 50% in the 2020-2021 financial year. Australian Ethical's funds under management leapt to $6.07 billion, a 12% increase for the March quarter, and a 56% increase for the ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... contribution to climate change and manage their exposure to the low-carbon transition, as part of their return- and risk-management, Neuberger Berman said. "There are different ways of going about implementation and different choices to make," Bailey ...