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Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Economists have begun to count the costs of bushfires throughout southern Australia, identifying that the agriculture, tourism, retail and construction sectors will see negative impacts, but also saying that the worst impacts will be "indirect." Carlos ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... capabilities in this area," Harrison said. "Investment managers are responding to the growing demand across all client segments, retail through to institutional, for investment solutions that are linked to improved social and environmental outcomes." ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... 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 flexigroup has added over ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
With material human rights issues rising on the agenda for companies and their investors, non-governmental organisations are flagging sexual harassment in garment factories as a source of risk, both in terms of productivity losses and reputational risks ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... station business you will need to anticipate how electric vehicles will be recharged, whether there will be a demand for retail charging stations (or will cars recharge at home or the car park), whether you need to move from quick convenience store sales ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... investors in sustainability," said Chris Nunn, head of sustainability, real estate, at AMP Capital. "Institutional and retail investors and their underlying membership have an increasing interest in sustainability. We have much more interest in our sustainability ...

HESTA allocates $200m to healthcare property mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... "Healthcare and aged care property assets are not as exposed to the economic cycle as other types of large scale commercial or retail property investments we have in the portfolio," Sawtell-Rickson said. "We believe the strategy and approach we will ...

Ausbil joins Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has become the first Australian fund manager to sign up to the Investor Declaration on Plastic Pollution (IDPP), a declaration citing plastic pollution as a clear risk to the environment and to the branding of companies ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... portfolios for more than 10 years. Last year, CFS launched Baillie Gifford's Long Term Global Growth Fund (LTGG) to Australian retail investors "The launch of the LTGG Fund brought Baillie Gifford's unique investment capability to the Australian retail ...

ASIC critiques management of non-financial risk in governance review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... other areas as well. Last month, ASIC clarified two guidances - Regulatory Guide 228 Prospectuses: Effective disclosure for retail investors; and Regulatory Guide 247 Effective disclosure in an operating and financial review, to update information pertaining ...