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APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... 101 institutional investor throughout North America, Europe and Asia with greater than US$3 billion in assets under management and found that 90% believe climate change is an important issue for their organisation. Among Asia-Pacific investors, 54% actively ...

APRA to conduct climate vulnerability assessment on banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... approaches that we use to establish global scenarios, but also to improve the ADI's data collection and to inform risk management, and that's the quantitative aspect of the climate vulnerability assessment. APRA will be saying more about that over the ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... with and get the information and be in active ownership," Edwards notes. In order to carry out the climate change risk management as outlined in CPG 229, Spirit Super and other funds need to outsource information gathering and recommendations to proxy ...

AICD presses case for stakeholder role in governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... activists and community groups on matters such as climate change, human rights and workforce culture. The guide notes that management should lead day-to-day stakeholder engagement, but the board's role is to create a culture that puts stakeholders ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... manager "falls short" in understanding their values. There is an overall growth in "for purpose" investing in wealth management clients, according to the 2021 EY Global Wealth Research Report. EY surveyed 2,500 wealth management clients in 21 markets ...

New CEO search underway for IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... firm. Emma Herd joined IGCC in 2015 following fifteen years in sustainable finance in the banking sector, and the IGCC Management Committee has begun a recruitment process for a new CEO. She will join EY Australia as a partner in the Climate Change and ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... global economy, with investors working to calculate risk and opportunity on investment portfolios. BNP Paribas Asset Management has named biodiversity as one of its key thematic priorities, and is undertaking a number of projects to pursue biodiversity ...

S&P Dow Jones launches new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... viewed as an important barometer of companies' financial health and outlooks," says Aye Soe, global head of product management at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "Market participants closely monitor companies' long-term dividend payment track records as indicators ...

APRA emphasises "compounding effect" of climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... insurers and superannuation funds in managing climate-related risks and opportunities as part of their existing risk management and governance frameworks. The guide outlines better practice for identifying, managing and disclosing financial risks of ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... with our commitment to drive long-term value on behalf of our clients." The new signatories include Alquity Investment Management, BankInvest, Colony Capital, Coutts Asset Management, EcoFin, Insight Investment, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, Ridgewood ...