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BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC), First State Super and QBE Insurance have taken up the $140 issuance, with is linked to a newly developed Australian Climate Transition (ACT) Index, with proceeds used to invest in a portfolio of green projects. "The bond is long dated ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... financial year, outlining its activities over the past 12 months as well as identifying the material issues impacting on Australian companies. Regnan conducted 83 engagements with 41 stocks in the ASX200, and Regnan noted the increasing complexity of ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... identified in Australia, meaning that identifying instances and exposures of modern slavery will be a key project for Australian organisations that fall under the Modern Slavery Act's reporting obligations, according to Informed 365. Nicholas Bernhardt ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Rider then joined UBS Investment Bank and UBS Global Asset Management, where he served for 16 years in roles including Australian chief economist, institutional account manager, equity strategist and head of investment strategy. "Mark Rider's appointment ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Beneficial Ownership Transparency, subsequently endorsed by G20 Leaders at the 2014 Summit, was a key outcome for the Australian Presidency. In May 2016 the government announced at the UK Anti-Corruption Summit that it would explore, via public consultation ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... McArthur and was originally published in sister publication the Financial Standard. A 23 year old woman is suing the Australian government, claiming climate change risk was not disclosed properly when she invested in exchange traded bonds. Kathleen (Katta) ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
A wide majority of Australian asset owners believe that ESG considerations are either very important or moderately important to setting investment strategy and implementation, according to a recent survey conducted by consultancy bfinance. bfinance ...

State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... to their values." Management costs for the ETF are 0.13% per year. This will make E200 the cheapest ESG ETP in the Australian market. The most recent Rainmaker ETP report, released last week, found that management expense ratios for the ESG ETP market ...

BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... ago ETP products incorporating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles represented 1% of the Australian market," the latest Rainmaker ETP report stated. "Following rapid growth and some impressive performance, that proportion ...

Increase in linking environmental, social metrics to remuneration: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... reductions to incentives. "AGL have clearly made a statement of this," said Vas Kolesnikoff, executive director, head of Australian and New Zealand Research at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). "It's not just reducing emissions, but they want ...