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United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... administrator. SDG Impact kicked off with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between UNDP and the Impact Management Project (IMP), an initiative housed by Bridges Fund Management that has achieved consensus with hundreds of investors and their ...

Future Business Generation outlines Millennial climate risk concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Generation has called on the superannuation industry to provide more sophistication in climate risk assessment and management, on behalf of Millennials that will retire in the post-2030 world. Oshadee Siyaguna, committee member of Future Business generation ...

Australia's disclosure of executive remuneration lagging: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Christensen, global head of responsible investment, AXA IM Remuneration accounted for 68% of AXA IM's votes against management in Australia, compared to 42% in the Eurozone, 26% in Asia-Pacific and 24% in North America, according to AXA IM's 2017/18 ...

Nikko AM, ARK Investment Management launch innovation fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
Nikko Asset Management Australia and US-based ARK Investment Management have launched the Nikko AM ARK Global Disruptive Innovation Fund. It's a global equity portfolio solely focused on disruptive innovation, utilising ARK's disruptive innovation strategy ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... with international definitions of green include low carbon transport, renewable energy, sustainable water and waste management, and low carbon buildings. The infrastructure investment opportunities are explored based on these four sectors. Using the ...

Institutional investor appetite for low carbon investment strengthens: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... collective views of Australian and New Zealand investors with funds representing over 1.3 trillion in assets under management surveyed in May-June 2018. These investors include superannuation funds, asset managers and sovereign wealth funds. It is the ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... being issued in Australia and the US by the firm. Vanguard Australia is the largest provider of ETFs by assets under management in Australia and has 24 ETFs with $11.5 billion in funds under management, as of 31 July 2018. The index excludes companies ...

Pauline Vamos resigns as chief executive officer of Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... confidence in Australia's investment industry, through the provision of well-researched insights into ESG risks and their management," Regnan said in a statement. "The board reaffirmed its confidence in Regnan's executive leadership team and its ability ...

Bank Australia issues $125 million sustainability bond linked to SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Sustainability Bond Guidelines (SBG)a around the four pillars of use of proceeds, process for asset evaluation and selection, management of proceeds and reporting. "From our perspective, the use of proceeds is the most important to contemplate," Dawson ...

Nanuk Asset Management on sustainability aspects of artificial intelligence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... changes in industries by "creating commercial solution efficiencies on an unprecedented scale," according to Nanuk Asset Management. Tristan Patience, investment manager, Nanuk Asset Management Nanuk believes that "AI excels at interpreting signals and ...