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Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies based on material ESG elements that will impact their long term performance, using innovative portfolio construction techniques to increase exposure to these companies, and by 2022, voting against management of companies that are underperforming ...

AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... governance, skills on the board and the ability to do crisis planning." This leads to AMP Capital's work on board construction and appropriate diversity, she noted.

Poor disclosure around labour hire workforce in listed companies: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
More than 40 percent of ASX100 listed companies in the mining, construction, and commercial cleaning sectors have made no material disclosure about their labour hire and/or contracting workforce in annual reporting documents, according to research from ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... license approaches. We are also seeing movement towards managed accounts, specifically aspects such as portfolio construction efficiency. Add to that the governance overlay, which is becoming more significant across the whole industry, not just in retail." ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... the underlying fundamental driver of our world." Melior's fund is performing strongly, with several fundamental construction factors playing into the performance, said Lucy Steed, CEO of Melior. "Energy has had a significant decline; we own no energy," ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... million green bond. Proceeds of the green bond will be used to refinance existing corporate loans for the development, construction and operation of eligible green projects in accordance with Vena Energy 's Green Financing Framework. The benchmark 5-year ...

CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Corporation (CEFC) has made an investment of up to $125 million in a new property debt fund designed to finance the construction and management of energy efficient, low emissions build-to-rent (BTR) residential buildings. Ian Learmonth, CEO, Clean Energy ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... towards, and we can have that at different levels, depending on what the client is trying to achieve." Enhanced index construction means a flexible approach to setting the terms, particularly around ESG performance. Robeco's approach allows for the introduction ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... important contributors to society. Steel is produced in a furnace by heating iron ore and coal. Steel is required for the construction of everything from bridges to hospitals and schools. As a result I would be surprised if any super fund trustee would ...

CEFC to provide finance for Bank Australia green home loan program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... already leading the world in residential rooftop solar. Our next challenge is to embrace better building design and construction methods, as well as energy efficiency, to cut our energy use and reduce our emissions." The 7-star rating materially exceeds ...