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Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... we bought was a loss-making piece," said John McKinnon, co-founder of the McKinnon Family Foundation, a Private Ancillary Fund (PAF) established in 2006. "At the end of the day, the deal is largely philanthropic with a small amount of mostly concessional ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... met all the requirements of the Climate Active Carbon Neutral Standard - formerly the National Carbon Offset Standard. The fund measures emissions, reducing them where possible, offsetting emissions and publicly reporting on the results. The certification ...

AustralianSuper names Tom Garcia head of financial crime

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... responsibilities, preventing fraud and other financial crime, as well as business continuity, privacy, data governance and fund resilience. He compares his role, and other heads that are responsible for governance and risk and compliance, as the second ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Australian Unity has launched a new green bond fund seeded with cornerstone investments from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and clients from Crestone Wealth Management. Bill Bovingdon, CIO Altius Asset Management The Australian Unity Green ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... (ESG) issues increasingly demonstrating their impact on companies' ability to generate long term value for investors, fund managers are making the case that ESG can augment quality signals in strategies. Ian Carmichael, portfolio manager and partner ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) has recently launched the Aberdeen Standard Global Smaller Companies Fund in Australia. Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG Investment Director - Asia Pacific, ASI The fund is a high-conviction portfolio of quality global smaller ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... 13 different European countries anchored the book. In terms of the breakdown by type of investors, 29% were CB/SSAs while fund managers and PF/Banks were 40% and 31% respectively, signifying sizable demand from European CBs and diverse real money investors. ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG to enhance its fundamental value stock-selection investment process, and McKean says ESG data is integrated into the fund manager's valuation process. "ESG is part of the value mix and it is a deliberate process," McKean said. "This is why I'm so ...

Climate change, unclear policy response pose investment risk: JANA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... did this, it would be useful, but it doesn't solve the problem. It is guiding clients to consider this from the top, the fund's investment philosophy, its investment governance, how it manages climate change risks, how it impacts on the investment strategy ...

Fidelity International launches Sustainable Water and Waste Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Fidelity International has launched the Fidelity Sustainable Water and Waste Fund in Australia. Bertrand Lecourt, lead portfolio manager, Fidelity International The fund focuses on sustainable investment opportunities within the water and waste management ...