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Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative has signed more than 40 new participants, agreeing to achieve 2030 emissions reductions and net zero by 2050 or sooner. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative now has a total of 73 signatories representing US$32 ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Super funds and asset managers have announced commitments to remove risks of greenhouse gas emissions from their portfolios. These announcements have a shorthand - "net zero" or "carbon neutral" or "decarbonisation" - and have varying timelines to reach ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... broader demand for infrastructure as an asset class. bfinance identified over 65 strategies now available from asset managers, as compared to approximately 50 in 2019. Strategies have evolved to include greater exposure to development risk, use of less ...

Signs of a "greenium" in bond market: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... secondary market, CBI noted. "Steady inflows to green bond ETFs in H2 2020 were driven by demand from wealth and asset managers stepping-up green bond allocation due to higher focus on climate as part of massive portfolio transformation to ESG," said ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... 84% of investors saying that the lack of consistent, standardised ESG information across all asset classes and asset managers represents a challenge. "ESG is clearly a focus for Australian investors with 96% of Australian respondents agreeing that ESG ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... efficiently and effectively for natural capital opportunities. The alliance aims to attract both asset owners and asset managers to create scaled investment in natural capital investments through the following goals: mobilise US$10 billion towards natural ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... + has seen a 142% growth in signatories since the initiative launched in 2017. In 2020, three of the top twenty asset managers - including BlackRock, SSGA and Invesco - joined the initiative. The initiative now includes 545 investors with USD $52 trillion. ...

The future is now: the future of sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... presented a unique opportunity to gather a panel of experts from a diverse range of backgrounds - asset owners, asset managers, consultants and industry bodies - to discuss how sustainable investing has grown, evolved and responded to profound global ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... by concrete and forward-looking contributions. Our aim is to make DWS even stronger as one of the leading global asset managers in its own sustainable transformation process and that of its clients". Additionally, at its AGM this week, DWS announced ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... fund, 67% cite organisation leadership, 61% cite investors, and 45% cite employees. Similar to the 2019 BNP Paribas asset managers and owners' survey, social factors and data remain current challenges as one in five hedge funds do not integrate ESG ...