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Constructing an impact portfolio as stand-alone strategy: Nuveen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
Impact investing is a stand-alone strategy to develop portfolio construction towards achieving particular environmental and social outcomes and outputs, according to Nuveen Private Markets. Rekha Unnithan, the lead impact portfolio manager for Nuveen ...

Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
A majority of companies that manufacture consumer products are not considering potentially hazardous ingredient responsibility and its relationship to company sustainability, according to research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at ...

Willis Towers Watson, MSCI launch Adaptive Capped ESG Universal Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Willis Towers Watson and MSCI have developed a new capped index strategy that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors within the investment process. said Louise Lew, head of sustainability, Australia, Willis Towers Watson The Adaptive ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are "getting on with" investing in low carbon and green investment opportunities, with strong appetite, but regulatory uncertainty threatens future growth, according to new research from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). ...

New Forests acquires New Zealand assets, closes ANZFF2 fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Forestry investment manager New Forests' Australia New Zealand Forest Fund 2 (ANZFF2) has acquired a 38% shareholding in Wenita Forest Products Ltd (Wenita) and full ownership of the Otago Land Company. New Forests is acquiring the assets from The Rohatyn ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
Stewart Investors has commissioned research from the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney that has led to the development of a packaging sustainability performance framework. David Gait, managing partner, Stewart ...

New reporting tool to improve Australian packaging sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... (ISF) at the University of Technology Sydney to assess packaging sustainability performance in a group of their emerging market investment companies in 2016, they couldn't have known that it would lead to a revolution in packaging performance reporting ...

IFC invests US$75m in Garanti Bank gender bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
The IFC has invested US$75 million in a bond issue by Turkey's Garanti Bank that will finance enterprises and companies owned or managed by women. The new bond has a six-year term maturity and is the first private sector gender bond in emerging markets ...

ESG analysis important to emerging market credit: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis is an important part of credit analysis for emerging market debt, according to Insight Investment. Insight Investment, a $1.012 trillion global asset manager owned by BNY Mellon, notes that they integrate ...

International Finance Corporation issues $300m Kangaroo social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, has issued an AU$300 million Kangaroo social bond, the first of its kind. The Kangaroo social bond will be used to fund a program that "benefits women entrepreneurs and low-income ...