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Microfinance provider Grameen Australia hires Adam Mooney

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Global microfinance group Grameen Australia has hired microfinance veteran Adam Mooney as its CEO. Adam Mooney, CEO, Grameen Australia Grameen Australia is part of the global Grameen network, developed by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. In ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Accounts - Sustainable Balanced also had a 5.3% return for the year, with MLC MasterKey Super Fundamentals - BlackRock Global Allocation Fund at 4.0%, Australian Catholic Super Personal - Socially Responsible at 2.8% and HESTA Personal Super - EcoPool ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... scenarios, outlining pathways where technology, business and investor action and government policy can be deployed to reach global goals of keeping warming below 1.5 or 2 degrees. The index uses a forward-looking approach using the research outlined ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Events in 2020, including the bushfire season, the COVID-19 pandemic and the "global conversation on inequality highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement" have raised the issues of capacity, resilience and interdependency to the forefront of engagements ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... roles, including economist and head of economic activity and forecasting. 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 ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies are "falling behind key transparency measures" on disclosing payments to governments in countries in which they operate, according to new research from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia. Robyn Parkin, sustainability ...

ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) 's new integrated ESG policy has enabled the global fund manager to apply a consistent framework for measuring how investment teams implement and demonstrate ESG processes and enhances the ability to develop more ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Global investment manager Nuveen has secured US$150 million in commitments for a Global Impact Strategy linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Rekha Unnithan, co-head of private markets impact investing, Nuveen The strategy, which is open ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... implementation, according to a recent survey conducted by consultancy bfinance. bfinance recently conducted a survey of global asset owners in June 2020 with 328 respondents representing approximately US$11 trillion completing the survey. There were ...

MUFG appoints Rob Ward head of project finance, ESG finance, Oceania

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... calibre and experience taking charge of both our Project Finance and ESG Finance businesses," said Drew Riethmuller, head of global corporate and investment Banking, Oceania. "Our project Finance franchise across Oceania is a significant part of our ...