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AXA IM battles poor data on road to net zero

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... €919 million to natural capital solutions, aiming for €1.2 billion by 2028. Its real estate portfolio is the largest in Europe; its carbon intensity reduced by 33% since 2019, beating the interim goal of 20% by 2025. Additionally, 69% of its direct ...

Robeco specialist poached by Northern Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... co-head of quantitative fixed income at Robeco, will also direct the firm's growing international quantitative teams in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia-Pacific. As for Rohof, he has been a client portfolio manager since November 2019 ...

Red alert for PFAS value chain

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... From July 2025 Australia will ban the import, use and manufacture of key types of PFAS including PFIS, PFOA, and PFHxS. Europe is moving to restrict around 10,000 types of PFAS. New Zealand and Canadian regulators are also looking into a ban, and how ...

Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A US$20 trillion nature reporting project improves interoperability; accounting body placates concerned investors. Nature-related disclosures Top standards-setter the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) wants to help its 14,000 signatories align with ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
ANZ bank, fund manager Nuveen and the Australian Department of Finance and Trade (DFAT) are part of a steering committee backing Indonesia's move to raise $1.5 billion in gender-based capital by next year. The agreement was struck at a roundtable meeting ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... sovereign and insurance, as well as funds, endowments and family offices across Australia, the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe. Co-founder and managing partner David Scaysbrook said the close demonstrates investor confidence in Quinbrook's active ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... and president Mindy Lubber said the data represents meaningful progress in addressing climate risks and opportunities. In Europe, NZAM is supported by the €51 trillion AUM Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). Europe has the highest ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... investor's capacity to meet their own portfolio-wide climate targets, Hogan said. Many global leading investors, particularly in Europe, have very clear investments mandates to align with the climate science, Buckley said. The Global Standard on Corporate ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
Climate data provider ISS ESG removes one of the biggest hurdles for banks and insurers looking to comply to imminent emissions disclosure laws. This week ISS ESG, the sustainable investment arm of ISS STOXX, announced a string of upgrades to its Climate ...

Aus funds hit by outflows, global gains for passive ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainable investing research head, noted that after starting the year with outflows, money is now "trickling back" globally. In Europe, sustainable funds saw inflows of US$11.8bn, up from US$8.4bn in Q1. Fixed income also led the asset classes with ...