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BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... CEFC. "As the first forward-looking index in the Australian market, it gives investors the capacity to analyse the climate risk profile of their ASX portfolios," Learmonth said. "At the same time, it gives emissions-focused companies access to a greater ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... fact that businesses exist in an increasingly complex context that they need to manage. We're focusing on interdependency risk - highlighted by the current pandemic - and at the macro level, the interaction between the economic and social system, the ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... facing. Below tier 1, the issues quickly escalate and the data isn't that great. We're trying to give companies a high level risk indicator, and we did talk to the Home Affairs Department. They confirm that the data around modern slavery internationally ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... and the general ability of us to have confidence as investors in the governance of companies and plays into understanding risk appetite," she explained. Ethical Partners Funds Management uses the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... scale. It's a very simple motivation. We have the conviction that investing in solutions for people and climate brings strong risk-adjusted returns. The wider market has woken up to this in the past six years, but to us, it's a continued belief in this." ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... provider, and our judgement of the relative data quality led to a governance rating in the second percentile. In our view, the risk assessments concerning accounting practices provide an important insight. We believe past exposure to serious governance ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... sister publication the Financial Standard. A 23 year old woman is suing the Australian government, claiming climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested in exchange traded bonds. Kathleen (Katta) O'Donnell is being represented by ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
This article was written by Jamie Williamson and originally appeared in sister publication Financial Standard. The UK's National Employment Savings Trust, known as NEST, will immediately shift close to half of its entire portfolio to climate aware strategies ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... services to investors in more than 35 countries, including manager research and selection, portfolio strategy and design, risk analytics, fee benchmarking, performance monitoring and more. The ESG observations were part of a wider set of questions in ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... S&P/ASX 200 Index," according to State Street Global Advisors. E200 will provide access to improved ESG exposure with a similar risk-return profile to the S&P/ASX200 Index, said Meaghan Victor, head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution. "For the last ...