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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... for investment solutions that are linked to improved social and environmental outcomes." This survey was conducted in Australia for the first time in May 2019 through an online questionnaire with more than 2,000 Australians aged 18 or older.

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... million breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing act relating to money coming in and out of Australia from Europe and Asia? Westpac has an entire page dedicated to its positive ratings and recommendations around sustainability ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... strike is recorded, if a complete board spill is the right solution to governance failing. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research, ISS Last week, AUSTRAC revealed an investigation alleging that Westpac committed over 23 million breaches ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Board. The Flexi ABS Trust 2019-2 transaction is supported by a pool of unsecured, consumer receivables originated in Australia under its rebranded Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offering - humm, flexigroup said. This is the second BNPL transaction flexigroup ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... director of client relations and head of Australasia. Tapscott will lead Sustainalytics' business development activities in Australia by "working closely with institutional investors to help them integrate ESG considerations into their investment decision-making ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... it is not the only human rights risk that companies should monitor. Research from international aid organisation CARE Australia from March 2017 suggests that in Cambodia alone, sexual harassment costs employers US$89 million per year, through lost productivity ...

CEFC, ARENA commit up to $58m for Hornsdale Power Reserve

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) are committing up to $58 million for a 50% expansion of the Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, the world's largest grid-scale battery. The Hornsdale Power Reserve (Image courtesy CEFC) The CEFC is committing up ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Australian Ethical Investment. "We know that that's a mischaracterisation of what's going on. There are many leaders of Australia's largest companies and largest funds who are vocal about the danger of doing business as usual. It's not fringe and it ...

TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... attracted a yield of 1.245%. Asset managers accounted for 56 per cent of investors and the bulk of investors were from Australia, TCorp said. Investors in the Sustainability Bond had a wider focus on broader ESG themes, said Fiona Trigona, head of funding ...