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First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "Moving to tobacco-free finance is firmly established as a mainstream action for banks, pension funds, insurers and asset managers committed to a sustainable future." The Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge in September 2018 at United Nation's headquarters in ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... in the global effort to ensure that companies disclose the impact of climate change on their businesses and that asset managers integrate climate factors into their investment processes. This will enable investors to price financial assets accurately ...

Northern Trust launches ESG Analytics Summary for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... world, including Australia. Northern Trust's Investment Risk and Analytical Services group supports asset owners and asset managers and currently has over US$5 trillion (as at 31 December 2019) in assets under measurement. Consultants are based in Chicago ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... existing research and solutions for all segments, including individual investors, advisors, private equity firms, asset managers and owners, plan sponsors, and credit issuers. "Our collaboration over the past several years has helped to extend the understanding ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... reputational risk of corporate carbon emissions when allocating capital. This is no longer just a focus for large-cap asset managers, with a greater number of small to mid-cap managers now engaging directly with companies to improve ESG disclosures. ...

BlackRock joins Climate Action 100+ investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... with more than US$41 trillion in assets under management. "BlackRock is one of the largest and most influential asset managers in the world and will bring even more heft to investor engagement through Climate Action 100+," said Emily Chew, Climate Action ...

TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Bond was in the end oversubscribed by $740 million at final price and attracted a yield of 1.245%. Asset managers accounted for 56 per cent of investors and the bulk of investors were from Australia, TCorp said. Investors in the Sustainability ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... internal resource costs as a deterrent, which indicates partnership opportunities between sovereign wealth funds and asset managers to collaborate on ESG planning." Nearly 100% of respondents to the survey said that they would be hiring more ESG specialists ...

Rainmaker Group acquires The Sustainability Report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... manage disclose and communicate their ESG risks and opportunities, and how Australian institutional asset owners and asset managers are using ESG risk/reward analysis to mitigate risk and provide sources of long-term investment return. Audacious Investing ...

TelstraSuper joins Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... companies either directly, indirectly (for example, via collective action or third-party providers) or both. 4. Monitor asset managers' stewardship activities. 5. Encourage better alignment of the operation of the financial system and regulatory policy ...