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Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... it is growing. According to the Responsible Investment Association Australasia's Benchmarking Impact Australian Impact Investor Insights, Activity and Performance Report 2020, Australian impact investment products were worth $19.9 billion at the end ...

HSBC funds blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC is funding two new blue carbon projects - one relating to the Great Barrier Reef, the other to establish a framework for an investment fund. Each project builds on previous work funded by HSBC and aims to establish "the most effective way to harness ...

Emmi launches Carbon Intelligence platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Fintech and carbon risk solution company Emmi has launched Carbon Intelligence, a platform designed to assist investors in analysing carbon transition risk and opportunity in a portfolio. Carbon Intelligence applies Emmi's proprietary Global Carbon ...

HESTA confirms bid for Ramsay Health Care

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Industry super fund HESTA has announced it is part of a consortium led by KKR to acquire Ramsay Health Care. At the time of writing, Ramsay Health Care's share price rose 2.45% following the HESTA announcement. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey ...

Webinar: Do ESG portfolios outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
ESG funds are currently attracting $8 billion in new money each quarter, according to Plan for Life. Rainmaker Information's December 2021 Rainmaker Roundup report found that 11% of the Australian market is managed according to ESG strategies, with ...

Redpoint poaches PMs from ART

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... to expand its investment capabilities. "The aspiration of achieving higher standards of governance and stewardship for investor capital is in everyone's best interests," McIntyre said. ""The appetite for impact investing is set to increase over the next ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of experts ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Biodiversity is a quickly emerging risk and opportunity for investors and companies, but addressing the materiality of ecosystem and dependencies is complex and goes to the heart of finance, according to a panel of experts. There is a clear drive to ...

New gas projects at risk under strong climate action: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... companies implement policies in accordance with 1.5°C, Paris-aligned climate scenarios, according to research by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). IGCC's new report, hanging Pathways for Australian Gas: A 1.5°C scenario analysis of new ...

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... be joining Australia's leading ethical manager to assist them in their ambition of becoming a substantial multi-asset investor," Henaghan said. Sandra McCullagh is a current non-executive director (NED) of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) ...