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Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... data is an integral part of their Listed Infrastructure Fund as well as the Sustainable Listed Infrastructure fund. "The core difference between the two is that the sustainable fund is slightly more concentrated," Myatt said. "One of the sectoral differences ...

Taskforce recommends government support to build social impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... a one-time investment in a game-changing initiative. Designed as a catalytic, independent institution, with impact at its core, a SII wholesaler will unlock capital and capacity to tackle social issues at scale." Big Society Capital in the UK is funded ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Floate noted. "ESG is still a topic that is evolving and many of our clients have started to make changes first to their core investment activities;," she said. "However securities lending can sometimes be impacted indirectly by changes to these core ...

IIG announces tenants for Younghusband Woolstores development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the architectural work of ClarkeHopkinsClarke and the culture of their business: social and environmental impact is at the core of their work." The Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment have agreed to lease almost 4,400 sqm of ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... other expert analysis forecasting expansion and growth of the green bond market, Insight Investment noted that in 2019, the core sectors of financials, governments, utilities, energy and industrials all experienced significant growth in issuance in 2019 ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... social aspect of it is also important - companies that treat employees well, treat customers fairly, and so on. There are core to Saturna's long term value based investing philosophy that's been in place since day one." Saturna is seeking mandates from ...

Calculating the shorter, longer-term cost of bushfire

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... rising insurance premiums will likely see higher headline inflation, albeit much of this impact will likely be trimmed out of 'core' measures so will likely be looked through by the RBA." Because most of the research notes coming out this week focus ...

Sydney Stock Exchange announces new CEO, first listings, ESG focus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... adding that their geothermal system is clever, clean and forward-thinking." "What we are doing is focusing in on a number of core sectors, rather than trying to be all things to everyone," Go said. "The biggest thing we're trying to do is focus in on ...

Directors urged to exercise legal duties over climate risk as context evolves

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... against CBA, or the member challenge to REST Super. We also have strong, explicit signals from ASIC that climate change is a core area of focus in its review of 31 December financial statements." Further to that point, this week also saw former High ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... is that there is no room for anything but a holistic, very robust approach to ESG. No room for anything but that. ESG is core to our strategy in investing."