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HSBC Australia to explore mangrove bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... deliver additional environmental, social and economic co-benefits, which Bhattacharjee said pointed to the state's investment in natural capital projects. "There is a significant amount of research in the value of mangroves in Australia, the Queensland ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... impact investing sector, with one VC firm announcing a second impact fund while a second VC firm announces a responsible investment policy. Giant Leap, which pioneered the first impact VC fund in Australia in 2018, has announced the close of Giant Leap ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
NAB will offer sustainability-linked derivatives in Australia, building on products developed in the UK and Europe. The new sustainability-linked derivatives (SLDs) include swaps, cross currency swaps, interest rate and executed alongside sustainability ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Wealth manager report integrating positive social and environmental impact integration into investment choices to meet growing demand in Australia and around the world. According to bfinance's Wealth Manager Investment Survey, globally, 80% of wealth ...

Responsible investment surges past $1tn mark: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
The responsible investment is growing faster than the rest of the market, according to the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA). RIAA has released its annual Responsible Investment Benchmark Report, which shows that the total pool of ...

PRI augments Australian team with hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... relationship manager managing some of the largest Japanese institutional investors. She has extensive experience in equity investment, having worked at Goldman Sachs and Daiwa Securities as an equity analyst and a sales manager. She is also a CFA charterholder ...

Reflection on 10 years of climate action: ISS ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... in to increase transparency in internal reporting and reporting to external stakeholders, with the aim of improving investment in climate-friendly companies and away from companies that are damaging the climate. But while better reporting will help with ...

Greenwashing a challenge to sustainable investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... challenge, according to Schroders. Schroders has released its latest Institutional Investor Study which analyses the investment perspectives of 750 global institutional investors on the investment landscape, private assets and sustainability. Australian ...

Wealth managers under pressure on returns, ESG: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... will likely also become pervasive across the wider capital markets ecosystem." The report outlines trends on both the investment bank and wealth management side, and there are ways in which the Australian market differs from global counterparts, noted ...

Record FUM growth at Australian Ethical

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... customer base grew by 23%, with managed fund customers increasing by 31% and super members by 22%. And some strong investment performance provided a boost to revenue too. The company reported that $2.9 million in performance fees from the Australian ...