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TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... green and social assets. Fiona Trigona, head of funding and balance sheet, TCorp TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, initially advised that it would be a $1billion bond, but the March 2025 ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... investing in technologies to assist in both managing the network and becoming more efficient in order to reduce costs. The management of our energy requirements is changing and supporting technologies are required to assist in this transition. "

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... so forth means that people recognise strong sustainability performance as an indicator of good governance, good risk management, and good financial performance," said Phil Cowling, Cromwell Property Group chief sustainability officer. "The ratings agencies ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... we also acting as good stewards of capital? There are several legs to that. One, of course, is voting the proxies at management AGMs and so on. We write into the IMAs that the manager must vote all of the proxies." Engagement is a more complex discussion ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... positioned to be trusted advisors to our clients on this important issue and be a part of the solution to climate risk management. Q: What are some ways that businesses can start to make a climate transition? A key step involves making climate risk assessment ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... about the drivers for why we're doing this." AMP Capital has more than $28 billion in direct real estate assets under management on behalf of global investors. The strategic aims that AMP Capital's real estate business will work towards for 2030 include ...

Wilderness Society links deforestation to beef production, supply chain risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... between deforestation and beef production in Queensland, The Wilderness Society assessed Australian companies for their management of the exposure to deforestation risk in their supply chain. "We wanted to understand that given that the rest of the world ...

Quantitative managers test ESG data as stand-alone factor in strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... investment performance, and the quality of ESG data and analysis is improving, giving greater confidence of ESG in portfolio management. With the quality of data improving, quantitative managers are also testing whether ESG signals stand separate as ...

TCorp to issue sustainability bond based on green, social assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... Merrill Lynch (Australia) Futures Limited, and National Australia Bank Limited. TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the NSW public sector, manages debt of over $62 billion behalf of its clients. It is triple-A rated.

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 ...