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Signs of a "greenium" in bond market: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... segment of the market as covered by the report. "These ETFs invest in the secondary market once the green credentials and index eligibility of new issuances have been verified. As listed funds holding broad baskets of green bonds, they bring an extra ...

Investors lag in integrating climate risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... that's a tactical problem," Antia said. "The more strategic point is that there is this overwhelming push for passive index approaches, and passive index approaches stumble when it comes to climate change because they're not able to take advantage ...

BetaShares to launch climate change innovation ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... environmental challenges." ERTH is expected to commence trading "in the near future," BetaShares said. Companies included in the index that ERTH will aim to track include clean/renewable energy, green transportation, water and waste improvements, decarbonisation-enabling ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... said that shorting is used to manage risk and in their portfolio is a driver of return, and uses short derivatives such as index futures, index options, interest rate swaps and currency forwards. First Sentier argued that shorting can also increase the ...

Ausbil drops fossil fuel companies from sustainable fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... fuels has excluded a further 10.5% of the investible universe, Carlsson said. In total, approximately 25% of the ASX200 index is excluded from the investible universe of the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The affected companies have already been ...

Clean Energy-based ETF to list on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... (ASX: CLNE), which is expected to commence trading on the ASX in coming weeks. CLNE will track the S&P Global Clean Energy Index, which has delivered a one-year total return of 116.0% as of 29 January 2021. "The demand for clean, green energy and the ...

ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Australian Sustainability leaders ETF had $647 million in AUM, making it the 26 th largest ETF. Vanguard's Australian Shares Index was the largest ETF, with $5.748 billion in AUM. Last week, sister publication Financial Standard reported that the ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... join in the effort." Neuberger Berman has also developed the proprietary Neuberger Berman Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Index. The Index, which is updated annually, is the average of two sub-indices: the Diversity Index, which measures progress towards ...

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... resolutions. The report notes that most of the companies responsible for the majority of the emissions in the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index are yet to commit to substantive emissions reduction targets by 2030. This suggests that there is ample room for ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment stewardship engagement. Where companies are not progressing on those risks, BlackRock will vote against management in index portfolio-held shares, and will also consider divestment in discretionary active portfolios because of the risk to ...