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Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... beyond the property sector. "At this stage, we're about to launch two more industry specific standards, relating to the healthcare insurance sector and the energy utility sector," Bernhardt said. "The idea behind that is to standardise the self-assessment ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia. "Mirova is a long-term, sustainable investor focused on major societal transitions in demographics, governance, healthcare, and energy," Watson said. "The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to accelerate some of the longer-term trends already ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts on the economy stemming from shutting down swathes of the country, defensive stocks such as some parts of the healthcare sector, haven't performed as expected. "The really strong performer in our portfolio is a company called Genetic Signatures ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... imagination in applying gender lens investing solutions to solving gender inequalities. "There are pressing concerns in healthcare, but what's happening right now is that COVID 19 is revealing structural inequities in the world that destabilised the ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Amid the reaction to and management of the coronavirus pandemic from a healthcare, community and economic perspective, there is a massive workplace deployment and shift from the institutions of offices to home-based interactions. Lisa Annese, CEO, Diversity ...

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 ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... making a contribution to a positive future. They're [Sustainable Development Goal] inspired - they typically fall into healthcare, education, renewable energy, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, clean water and those types of things.... "We're careful ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... US$1.6 billion in total commitments to impact investing. LeapFrog's companies currently reach 188 million people with healthcare or financial tools, the firm said. Earlier this year, LeapFrog announcved it had raised $743 million for the close of its ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Industry superannuation fund HESTA has allocated $200 million to a healthcare property mandate managed by ISPT. Debby Blakey, CEO HESTA HESTA has established the HESTA Healthcare Property Trust, with private hospitals, general medical and residential ...

AXA IM to launch fourth impact investing strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Managers will launch its fourth private market impact investing strategy later this year, focusing on opportunities healthcare and financial inclusion of consumers in emerging markets. The private market strategy will focus on regions including Latin ...