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QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... start-ups scale faster. Investors were attracted to the fund's ability to source investment opportunities from within its global network and add value to these businesses following an investment." QBE's Premiums4Good portfolio has, to date, invested ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Governance issues will dominate considerations during this year's AGM season for fund manager Dimensional Fund Advisors. Dimensional manages about $AU800bn globally from 13 offices around the world, including two in Australia. Its clients are institutional ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
The European Commission has appointed PRI Chief Responsible Investment Officer Nathan Fabian as chair of the European Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform on Sustainable Finance will advise the European Commission on the development of robust ...

Strong inflows to sustainable option: Stockspot

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... suite of sustainability focused ETFs including the BetaShares Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF (FAIR), BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Sustainable Equity ETF (ESGI). The weighted average ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... catalyst for private-sector action, with ripple effects throughout our economies." The investor initiative has cited the IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services which states that the sixth mass extinction of life on Earth ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... reducing carbon emissions and refrigeration leakage to 26% below 2015 levels.? The SBTi is a collaboration between the UN Global Compact, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), CDP and the World Resources Institute, designed to drive corporate climate ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... next five years, according to Northern Trust. Northern Trust has updated their capital market assumptions, forecasting global economic activity and financial market returns that inform the investment manager's asset allocation decisions. In addition ...

Solar financier to issue certified green ABS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Bonds via subsidiary UBank. Australia's green finance places as of 30 June 2019 was $15.6 billion, 10th in cumulative global country rankings, 3rd in the Asia-Pacific region behind China (USD91.5bn) and Japan (USD12.4bn). Australia also stands out ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... importance. However, climate risk and greenhouse gas emissions remain important considerations. Chopra noted that if a global price on carbon emissions is introduced, Asia-Pacific-based companies face outsized risk because of their reliance on fossil ...

Opinion: Australian super funds could benefit from US ESG policy move

RAEWYN WILLIAMS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... marketplace"; for example, in May 2020, a MIT Sloan paper calculated that the degree of correlation (consensus) between five global ESG research firms' ranking of large companies on ESG matters was a mere 0.54 (with 1 representing perfect correlation) ...