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Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
An impact investment portfolio that seeks out investments in healthcare, tech-enabled consumer, financial services addressing financial exclusion and opportunities in emerging markets is in an unusual position in the first stages of the global response ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... because customers, internal policies, communities and/or social norms say no go - Protects and/or mitigates the negative impact of the activities to which it lends (e.g. social, environmental) or has a program of environmental and social activities to ...

Forum360 highlights case for virtual shopping for fund managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... what doesn't work in terms of client engagement, which questions and answers lead to positive action, how presentations impact on decision making, and other characteristics. The virtual meeting space proposition of Forum360 matches the multichannel nature ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... all of their stakeholders. We think that sustainable finance has tremendous potential to combine environmental and social impact with responsible capital allocation for corporate Australia, linking organisations' cost of capital with the increasing community ...

KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Asia Pacific's social and environmental expertise complements and expands our existing human rights, social impact and sustainability capabilities and builds on KPMG's acquisition of leading human rights consultancy Banarra four years ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... with its level of climate related risk exposure," Chateau noted. Beyond Ratings recently explored how these risks could impact on the Australian economy. Beyond Ratings' data feeds into the recently-launched FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted European Monetary ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group reports that their sustainability strategy is focused on "improving performance through a structured, responsible and balanced pathway to sustained success," in their 2019 sustainability report. ...

Australians accept climate science, but don't link to ethical super: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... human activities, but only 2% of Australians believe investing with an ethical super fund will have the greatest positive impact on the environment, according to a new survey from Australian Ethical Investments. Allyson Lowbridge, chief customer officer ...

Future IM/Pact builds database of female students interested in finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... IM/Pact is an industry-sponsored initiative and employee value proposition designed to help diverse talent see how they can impact the world as an investor, learn how to start their career in investment management and provide opportunities to gain exposure ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Companies are increasingly adopting a "profit with purpose" mindset and investors should be aware of relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) information as part of their investment process, according to global fund manager PGIM. Taimur Hyat ...