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Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... industries such as gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weaponry, and interest-earning organisations with a focus on profitable, asset-based investments that "contribute to the advancement of humanity, forge community engagement, and cement responsible investing ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
HESTA will reduce the absolute carbon emissions in its investment portfolios by 33% by 2030 and will move to net zero by 2050. Debby Blakey, CEO, HESTA The $52 billion industry superannuation fund will implement a Climate Change Transition Plan (CCTP) ...

HKEX, SSGA join Climate Bond Initiative Partners Programme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... green finance hub. STAGE will promote the visibility, transparency and accessibility of sustainable and green finance across asset classes and product types and act as an education and advocacy platform, promoting knowledge sharing and stakeholder engagement ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... sectors presents opportunities to invest in EdTech, with Credit Suisse highlighting venture capital land listed equities as asset classes. Credit Suisse manages the Luxembourg-based Edutainment Equity Fund, which invests worldwide in "shares of innovative ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... both agencies independently of each other. Four insurers, Allianz, AXA, Munich Re and Zurich, are members of the Net-Zero Asset Owners Alliance, which have pledged to align their investment portfolios with a maximum 1.5C of warming. Seven Allianz, AXA ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... manager, ESG and corporate responsibility, at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Hall has also worked at AMP Capital, Ironbark Asset Management based in Australia, and Wellington Management and Schroders,   in the UK. She is currently ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... investment practices in place." Gocher also highlighted that while proxy voting is not the only tool of engagement for Australian asset owners of Australian companies, direct engagement with overseas companies is limited, so the tool of the proxy vote ...

Integrating ethics goes beyond ESG screens: Nucleus Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... crisis. Performance of the funds remains strong even the first four months of 2020, he added. The fund noted that its tactical asset allocation, which includes ESG screening, the foundation portfolio has returned 5.1% in the past year up to 30 April ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Australian market for impact investing has nearly tripled over the past two years, from $5.7 billion to $19.9 billion, according to a new study from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
BetaShares' suite of ethical ETFs has seen nearly $300 million in new inflows for the first five months of 2020 while also showing strong performance through a volatile market. Alex Vynokur, managing director, BetaShares "The pace of growth in our ethical ...