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Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... issues of engagement and its voting during the 2020 season through October 2020, noting that during the season, the firm's asset stewardship team had comprehensive engagement with 409 companies and voted on more than 113,595 proposals across 70 countries ...

Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... ourselves and finding that we can make financial decisions throughout our team. But we also know that we have to have the right asset management partner to make the positive impact." By partnering with charities, investments are aligned with the needs ...

TCorp NSW issues $1.3 billion green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Bond Programme now has $5.2bn outstanding and we will continue to focus on adding liquidity into the new line over time." Asset Managers and Insurers accounted for 57% of the book and 41% of investors were offshore. "This is our third bond issue to date ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A $120 billion industry superannuation fund has revamped its SRI option to tighten screening standards. Aware Super has updated its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) options to refine the list of excluded companies to include those earning 5% or ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... look at these issues." By focusing on activities, Zenith can provide information that is "comparable and meaningful" across asset classes and encompassing fund managers that operate in different jurisdictions, he explained. Zenith intends to evaluate ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Although green bonds are extremely popular investment products, their tighter spread constrained supply present challenges to fixed income portfolios, according to Daintree Capital. Daintree Capital is a globally unconstrained fixed income manager that ...

Investors, assemble: Climate League launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
A group of 16 institutional investors with more than $850 billion collective Australian assets under management have launched a 10-year initiative to drive greenhouse gas emissions down by 2030. The Climate League 2030 will see participants "support ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Australian and New Zealand are at a "nascent" stage in the development of its green loans sector, according to new research from the Climate Bonds Initiative. Climate Bonds has released the inaugural Australia and New Zealand Green Loans report, analysing ...

Retail sustainable investments grow by 21%: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... the reality is that over the last 10-15 years, the mainstreaming of ESG has been underpinned by institutional investors - asset owners and the large asset managers that serve them. That's not a bad thing, but its' a reality." The momentum is shifting ...

MackeyRMS launches ESG Scorecards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... well as integrate internal and third-party data sources into ESG workflows and company or fund tear sheets. Investors and asset owners are increasingly using ESG factors in their investment process, FS Sustainability has previously reported. According ...