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bfinance analyses ESG integration activities of Japanese active equity managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... "compelling evidence of successful impact as a result of such engagement, although relationships between asset managers and management teams are distinctly different in this region and some of the traditional resistance to shareholder influence persists," ...

CEFC commits $35 million to finance expansion of intelliHUB

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... acquiring Acumen, Origin Energy's $267 million smart meter business unit. The Acumen business included the existing management and servicing of an existing 170,000 meters and the combined business has future, long-term contracts with Origin Energy and ...

Institutional investors step up engagement as part of Climate Action 100+ initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... in December 2017 at the One Planet Summit, and is backed by 289 investors with nearly $30 trillion in assets under management, mobilising across 29 countries. Signatories to Climate Action 100+ have expanded their focus list of companies beyond the initial ...

Stewart Investors backs research on packaging sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... that packaging," Gait said. "The reason we commissioned it was two-fold - the first was to gain an insight into which management teams are thinking about those issues proactively, and that gives us a general window into an assessment of management teams. ...

Perpetual launches new Ethical SRI Credit Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... which has been running for almost a decade as well, and that strategy has attracted over $1 billion in assets under management. So you have two successful strategies with a long history and proven track record, launching something for fixed investors. ...

Macquarie Group issues £500 million facility to finance green projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... facility. The green tranches will be used to support renewable energy projects initially, and energy efficiency, waste management, green buildings and clean transportation projects in the future, Macquarie said. The £500 million facility will adopt ...

Investors, credit ratings agencies grapple with ESG impacts on ratings: PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... initiative is in building knowledge and fostering action," said My-Linh Ngo, head of ESG investment risk at BlueBay Asset Management and chair of the PRI's Advisory Committee on Credit Ratings. "These events - offering practitioners valuable time and ...

Hedge funds allocate at least US$59bn to responsible investment: AIMA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018  |  NEWS
... have allocated at least $59 billion to responsible investment, according to a survey by the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS). The survey consisted of 80 asset managers with $550 ...

Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Nanuk Asset Management says that sustainability themes have proved a "fertile ground" for its investment thesis. Eric Siegloff, CEO of Nanuk Asset Management Nanuk Asset Management, which has $95 million in assets under management, operates two funds ...

Alphinity Investment Management launches SDG-linked equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
Alphinity Investment Management has launched the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund (SSF), which "seeks to address the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) agenda in its investment." Bruce Smith, principal and portfolio manager of the Alphininty ...