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NAB Asset Servicing launches ESG reporting service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
NAB Asset Servicing has launched an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) reporting service. NAB Asset Servicing is the bank's custody and fund administration business. The reporting service will allow clients such as superannuation funds to drill ...

Banks, fund managers developing ethical cash products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
Investment managers and banks are focusing their attention on cash as an asset class that can be developed into responsible investment and ethical cash products, driven by retail demand and core business strategy. Sasha Courville, head of social innovation ...

NZ Super earns A+ in UNPRI benchmark report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... well ahead of the median score of B for UNPRI signatories. NZ Super also received A or A+ ratings across all the specific asset class categories it reported on to the UNPRI, including fixed income, listed equity, and private equity. The UNPRI is the ...

TH Real Estate hires Abigail Dean as head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016  |  NEWS
... sustainability, TH Real Estate Dean comes to TH Real Estate from JLL, where she was head of sustainability for the property and asset management business. Dean will be based at TH Real Estate's London office, where she will lead the sustainability strategy ...

BlackRock presses case for better ESG disclosures for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... published Exploring ESG, a Practitioner's Perspective, which analyses ESG issues as a fiduciary investor acting on behalf of asset owners. BlackRock states that ESG information can be "meaningfully accretive to fundamental financial and investment analysis ...

QIC invests $800m in Powering Australian Renewables Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
QIC has invested AU$800 million alongside AGL Energy in the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), a AU$2 -3 billion large-scale renewable energy fund. AGL's Broken Hill Solar Plant (photo courtesy AGL) QIC has invested the AU$800 million on behalf ...

New Zealand responsible investment tops NZ$78bn: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... active corporate engagement and voting, and sustainability themed investments. The report is based on data supplied by 18 asset managers, super funds, financial advisers, and community investment managers through a data collection survey, consisting ...

Responsible investment AUM tops AU$630 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... investments, impact investments, community finance and corporate engagement. According to the RIAA benchmark report, 15 leading asset managers implementing the ESG integration approach manage a total of AU$582 billion in assets under management, representing ...

AXA IM hires Alix Chosson to responsible investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... their specific needs in this area." Prior to Standard Life, Chosson worked at Generali Investments as RI analyst, and Amundi Asset Management as an RI and corporate governance analyst. She holds a Bachelor's degree in finance and economics from Sciences ...

Climate-aligned bonds total US$694bn: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
The climate-aligned bond universe is US$694 billion, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative Bonds and Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2016 (SotM). The climate-aligned bond universe has grown 16% or US$96 billion from 2015, with unlabelled ...