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Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of market stress, higher ESG ratings show a more defensive positioning." AXA IM conducted an analysis at the beginning of April 2020, to see how companies with different ESG ratings performed in the bear market for stocks during the first quarter. Both ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... from Santos' offices in Perth, where Chairman Keith Spence lives. Santos announced that all proxies lodged by 10 a.m. 1 April would have their votes cast, and that they would take questions during the webcast. Woodside will have its AGM on 30 April. ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Infrastructure has hired Alex O'Dea to the newly created role of investment director. O'Dea joins Lighthouse Infrastructure in April, and will focus on portfolio management, investment strategy and product development. She will also be responsible for ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... research and public policy at the World Federation of Exchanges. Thijs Reuten has been hired as head of policy and starts 1 April, and will lead the work "to enable policy alignment to the GRI Standards by international organisations (such as UN agencies ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... administration fees. "Performance for us particularly lately has been very strong, and we're going to be reducing our fees again, in April, so the larger we are, the more we can pass back benefits to members," Lowbridge said. "We're never going to be ...

ASX200 hits 30% target for women on boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... 30% of ASX200 board positions for the first time, according to the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). In April 2015, AICD set a voluntary target for 30% of board seats to be filled by women by the end of 2018. At the time, women made up ...

ASFI identifies six critical challenges for sustainable finance roadmap

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... academia, civil society and government. ASFI will be engaging and consulting with stakeholders between December 2019 and April 2020. ASFI invites interested parties to make a submission to ASFI that is focused on one or more of the Roadmap objectives ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... is evident in the pricing achieved in connection with this latest transaction. flexigroup relaunched its BNPL offering in April 2019, and now has total retail partners of more than 18,000 and "strong volume growth across these key verticals." In FY20 ...

CBI, WWF call upon central banks, prudential regulators for climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... climate models." Climate Bond Initiative cited the establishment of the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) in April of this year as a step in the direction of greening the capital system. NGFS in April this year published its first comprehensive ...

Christian Super signs Operating Principles for Impact Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... "designed to be fit for purpose for a wide range of institutions and funds," according to the IFC. They were launched in April 2019. Thus far, there are more than 70 signatories, including LeapFrog Investments, MicroVest Capital Management and responsAbility ...