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BIG W joins Action Collaboration Transformation on Living Wages

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
BIG W has joined the Action Collaboration Transformation on Living Wages (ACT). BIG W, a division of Woolworths Group, joined ACT in March 2020 and will collaborate with ACT members to drive progress in improving wages in the global garment and footwear ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Investment consulting firm JANA has entered the retail market and will provide managed account services to financial advice and private wealth practices, with an eye to providing services around ESG investing in future. Michael Karagianis, JANA senior ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... noted that another stock in its portfolio, Kathmandu has not performed as well, having announced a shutdown of all its retail stores. "Generally speaking, I say that my conviction in our process is undiminished, and over the past 12 months we've ...

Majority expect savings, super to be ethically invested: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... institutions to one which invests ethically or responsibly. RIAA's consumer-facing website which provides information matching retail investors and financial advisers with responsible and ethical products, Responsible Returns, has seen a doubling of ...

Teachers Mutual Bank's certified responsible products hit $1.17 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... certification program. Those five products are part of the bank's Debt Issuance Programme for wholesale investors, all new retail deposit products from December 1 2018, all new retail mortgage products from December 1 2018, and Certified Responsible ...

Commonwealth Bank provides sustainability-linked finance to Wesfarmers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... It goes to the heart of delivering long-term sustainable value creation and it's clear our investors, institutional and retail, see it the same way, as do the debt capital markets." The social metrics aim to increase Indigenous employment levels across ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the heritage wool store, providing a total lettable area target above 17,800 sqm, split across commercial, co-working, retail and hospitality. The project will retain and protect Younghusband's existing structures, highlighting Younghusband's 19th century ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... Economists have begun to count the costs of bushfires throughout southern Australia, identifying that the agriculture, tourism, retail and construction sectors will see negative impacts, but also saying that the worst impacts will be "indirect." Carlos ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... capabilities in this area," Harrison said. "Investment managers are responding to the growing demand across all client segments, retail through to institutional, for investment solutions that are linked to improved social and environmental outcomes." ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... achieved in connection with this latest transaction. flexigroup relaunched its BNPL offering in April 2019, and now has total retail partners of more than 18,000 and "strong volume growth across these key verticals." In FY20 flexigroup has added over ...