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HSBC launches ESG portfolio reporting tool for asset owners, managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Chris Johnson, director of market data for Securities Services at HSBC The new service will allow asset owners, such as insurance companies, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds, and the asset managers that invest their money, to keep track of the ...

MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change and applies it to a sector that spans assets, geographies, and risks including property repairs, higher insurance costs, property devaluation and even the complete loss of property. "In terms of transition risk, we model how the efficiency ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... and spans assets and geographies. Investors could face increased operational costs including property repairs, higher insurance costs, property devaluation and even the complete loss of property. "As more global investors are increasing allocations to ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... environmental NGOs is calling on the largest global insurers to halt insuring new oil and gas expansion projects and phase out insurance for oil and gas companies in order to meet a 1.5C global climate target. Peter Bosshard, global coordinator, Unfriend ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... responsibility for the organisation's product governance and sustainability functions across super, investments and insurance, Maple-Brown Abbott said. Pringle is also co-Chair of the Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) working group on ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... towards a hardship fund to pay for COVID-19 related hospital expenses for employees without social security or medical insurance, or for furloughed employees in financial distress. The hardship fund has been topped up by the board, which collectively ...

First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... partnership with the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, the UN Environment's Principles for Sustainable Insurance, the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative and four Founding Financial Partners - BNP Paribas, AXA, Natixis and AMP ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... many had job preserved, and perhaps use that metric." Potential regional interest could come from APAC investors, and insurance companies, which are not seeing the same level of liquidity and redemption pressures as the Australian market is experiencing ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Bureau, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), the Insurance Authority and the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA). The group will examine policy and regulatory issues in ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 questionnaire. ...