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Nanuk Asset Management explores themes underpinning New World Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... the next step. It's not yet impact investing, but raising the awareness and the policy goals to, again, getting asset managers and owners to think about this." The Nanuk New World Fund posted an annual return of 27.5% during the March quarter, Nanuk ...

ACSI launches Stewardship Code for Australian asset owners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... (ACSI) launched the code, which covers activities including exercising voting rights, company engagement, monitoring asset managers and financial system advocacy. "There is a growing desire for information about how asset owners manage the money entrusted ...

Responsible investment to become "the new normal": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018  |  NEWS
... financial products, while also developing sustainability benchmarks and clarifying institutional investors' and asset managers' duties. "Europe is trying to lead and have others follow on using regulation," Christensen said. "From an EU perspective ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... analysis," PRI said. "Additionally, the Financial Services Council (FSC) should continue working with Australian asset managers to strengthen stewardship expectations including TCFD implementation. Finally, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
... time thinking about products and the right structures, which have traditionally been the domain of traditional asset managers," he said. "We are having the conversations with clients and running education programs with managers, trying to refine the ...

Willis Towers Watsons joins Climate Bonds Partners Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... green finance market." NAB, ANZ, and the Investor Group on Climate Change are all members of the partners program. "Asset managers and asset owners will play an increasingly important role in ensuring that green debt instruments become integrated in ...

DTEK joins the Climate Bond Initiative's Partner Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... second Ukrainian company to partner with the Climate Bonds Initiative following BFSE. "Policy makers, investors, asset managers and the wider community want to see more 'brown to green' financing and energy companies shifting generation towards clean ...

Negatively screened funds grow by over 2500% in New Zealand: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... investing in as we had to portfolio disclosures." RIAA also highlighted that the number of Core responsible investment asset managers has increased from 12 to 21 in this year's survey and the number of products identified from 27 to 51, "suggesting product ...

Responsible Investment assets top $622 billion: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... consumers that their investments avoid some of the more harmful activities. Asset owners are realising that, and asset managers are receiving that message from asset owners. It is our view that we will continue to see more screening embedded in mainstream ...

Financial Services Council launches Principles of Internal Governance and Asset Stewardship Code

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017  |  NEWS
... of the companies in which they invest, Loane said. The FSC Stewardship Code defines asset stewardship and says "asset Managers should exercise effective asset stewardship on behalf of their clients." This includes disclosing approaches to "considering ...