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ASEAN green bond issuance reaches US$7.8bn: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... interest from both investors and issuers, CBI said. "This is Asia's century, without a doubt," said Sean Kidney, chief executive officer, Climate Bonds Initiative. "[I]t's looking like it will be a green bonds century. Citizens know this has to be a ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... buybacks. "We start by being sceptical of buybacks and why they're being done," Berrutti said. "We're very conscious of executive incentives. Buybacks shouldn't be done if a CEO has an earnings per share KPI because it is achieving a goal without creating ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... review of corporate and sector "reputation advertising." "We will be observing very closely," said Brynn O'Brien, ACCR executive director. "I imagine that there will be a push for AGMs to become virtual. From a carbon emissions and cost perspective ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia (GCNA) has appointed corporate governance expert Pru Bennett to its board of directors. Kylie Porter, GCNA executive director Bennett is a former managing director of Blackrock with more than 20 years' experience in corporate governance in ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... has really brought home the risks posed by the globalisation of supply chains over recent decades," said Kylie Porter, executive director of the Global Compact Network Australia (GCNA). "While that globalisation has brought many benefits to business ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Sustainable infrastructure fund Lighthouse Infrastructure has hired Alex O'Dea to the newly created role of investment director. O'Dea joins Lighthouse Infrastructure in April, and will focus on portfolio management, investment strategy and product ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... GRI Standards by capital market actors - including regulators, stock markets, investors and analysts." Cleary is a non-executive director of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was most recently head of research and public policy at the World Federation ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "Transitioning to a low-emissions economy will require a reorientation ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... stages of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic. 57 Stars, L-R: Steven Cowan, managing director; Carl Balit, executive director, Stephen O'Neill, managing director 57 Stars, a $4 billion Washington DC- based boutique asset manager focused on ...

Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products have increased their assets under management by 53% from $764 million to $1.17 billion between 1 July and 31 December 2019. Teachers Mutual Bank has five products certified as responsible products ...