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Positive outlook for impact future: Conscious Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Impact investment deals have continued to flow through 2020, according to specialist investment manager Conscious Investment Management. CIO Matthew Tominc noted that Conscious Investment Management focuses on social infrastructure like disability housing ...

TCorp NSW issues $1.3 billion green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, has issued a new $1.3 billion dollar green bond. Investor demand for the November 2030 bond was strong - the book was three times oversubscribed at final ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... superannuation fund has revamped its SRI option to tighten screening standards. Aware Super has updated its Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) options to refine the list of excluded companies to include those earning 5% or more of revenue from fossil ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... still "confusing" and in need of both consumer and adviser education, according to a panel of experts. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has released an updated Financial Adviser Guide to Responsible Investment, and discussed ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... spokesperson told FS Sustainability. He will also participate in APRA's review of Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance (SPG 530), but will not have oversight of that process, which is being led by APRA's Policy Division. APRA is currently ...

Zenith creates ESG framework for fund classification

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Zenith Investment Partners is aiming to demystify ESG and responsible investing strategies for clients by introducing a tiered framework that describes funds' activities based on their research. "When considering the landscape of ESG issues or values ...

ESG in fixed income more than green bonds: Daintree

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Although green bonds are extremely popular investment products, their tighter spread constrained supply present challenges to fixed income portfolios, according to Daintree Capital. Daintree Capital is a globally unconstrained fixed income manager that ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... characteristics." Vanguard is augmenting its Ethically Conscious line at the same time as it is also winding up its institutional investment business to emphasise to retail, adviser and its in-house super offering, as reported in sister publication Financial ...

Investors, assemble: Climate League launched

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... current projections out to 2030, on a path to net zero by 2050. Aware Super, Cbus, IFM Investors and the Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) have joined Climate League 2030 as foundational supporters. The initiative is being coordinated by the Investor ...

Green loans in "nascent" stage: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... corporate finance, ANZ. "These emerging loan formats are part of an expanding suite of financing mechanisms to drive investment decision making and capital allocation around building low carbon and sustainable infrastructure, business practices and operating ...