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AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Investors should evolve from a strategy of reducing their portfolio carbon footprint, based on point-in-time emissions to a carbon footpath investment strategy that takes into consideration how companies are moving towards decarbonisation, according ...

Australian Ethical to cut administration fees, enhance customer experience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical will cut its administration fees and make other enhancements to member experience after reporting a 40% in net profit after tax for the half year ending 31 December. John McMurdo, chief executive officer at Australian Ethical Australian ...

Companies have responsibility to meld profit and purpose: IBM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... delivering profits to shareholders, according to research from IBM. Jade Moffat, corporate citizenship manager, IBM Australia IBM has released its Global Purpose Study, Companies with purpose: the future of business. The study found that globally, 80% ...

Singapore-based Vena Energy issues US$325 million green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... design, procurement, construction, operation and maintenance of its solar, wind and battery energy storage systems in Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.

Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australia's mutual fund assets in sustainable investments increased 23.0% year-on-year in 2019 to reach $66.8 billion, according to Cerulli Associates. Cerulli Associates said its estimates show that sustainable investments gathered $1.2 billion in ...

CEFC commits up to $125m in Qualitas property debt fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... estate financier and investment manager Qualitas has launched the Qualitas Build-to-Rent Impact Fund (QBIF), billed as Australia's first property debt fund to elevate minimum sustainability criteria into its investment criteria, as well as being Australia's ...

Governance Institute releases climate change risk disclosure guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... are made on an if not/why not basis, we wanted to give our members, many of whom are involved in listed companies in Australia, guidance as to how they might go about doing that." Motto noted that director, governance and risk professionals, and C-suite ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... a $650 million global equity enhanced indexing mandate incorporating sustainability criteria. Stephen Dennis, Robeco Australia head Robeco's enhanced indexing strategy "aims to deliver better than market returns after costs while integrating value, momentum ...

Sydney Airport issues $600m bond with sustainability linked tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... direct Australian dollar investment," said Matthew Carr, MUFG's managing director and head of debt capital markets for Australia and New Zealand. "We are proud to have priced the world's first ESG-linked tranche and to have partnered with Sydney Airport ...

ASX200 boards above 30% women in aggregate, but six have none

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... our voluntary target of 30 per cent in December was a tremendous achievement," said Nicola Wakefield Evans, 30% Club Australia chair. "There is more work to be done though and the 30% club is now extending our focus on encouraging all individual boards ...