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As water rises, insurer swims against tide

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Strengthening property resilience against climate risk is one way to prevent the damage. So far, the insurer says the strategy is working. Past credits have already been used by customers to pay for upgrades to protect their assets against natural disaster ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires impact PMs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... years at the Brightlight Group, the impact investment management firm, managing the portfolio for the real assets impact strategy. Essentially, he looked after disability housing, build-to-rent and multifamily housing. Liu was the investment director ...

Funds SA and Apostle jump on activist group rebound

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
The embattled global climate alliance has its phoenix moment reporting 90 new signatories across every continent, including Future Group, Funds SA, and Apostle Funds Management. However, a significant loss of 71 members means the Climate Action 100+ ...

Ethinvest reaches $100 million milestone

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... investment options. "We recognise the importance of sustainability and remain committed to evolving our sustainability strategy to ensure it remains relevant," CEO and managing director Andrew Alcock said. HUB24 recently collaborated with Morningstar ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has awarded State Street's Charles River a mandate to automate its investment portfolio's front and middle office operations. The ethical investment manager will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution, which ...

Australian Ethical FUM nears $13bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... adds to FUM, it strengthens our position as one of Australia's leading ethical fund managers and aligns with our strategy to further build our investment team capability," managing director John McMurdo said. Net flows came in at $96 million in the ...

Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... founder of Investors for Impact and director and managing partner of Alpencrest Capital. "Many, if not most, investment strategy pitch decks now include information about how ESG is incorporated in the investment process," said Price. "While the increased ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... products." At the time, BNP Paribas said the trust offered "a market first - an environmentally focused market-neutral strategy for sustainable portfolios." The trust ran a global equity long/short strategy that held long positions in innovative companies ...

From Canva to carbon accounting

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... "We are proactively engaging with our client base and we're ready to support them to establish a climate positive strategy and navigate the emerging climate related reporting regime," said Guest.

Asset owners embrace sustainable investment

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... owners managing over US$10 billion are leading the way on integrating sustainability as core to their total investment strategy, at 86%. While implementation dipped at smaller asset owners, FTSE Russell does not believe this will impact the long-term ...