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The intersection of conduct culture and company value

SUSHEELA PERES DA COSTA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Note: this article was first written in 2018 Overview The ethical conduct, trustworthiness and 'social licence to operate' of a company matter to the community and consumers, especially in a post-GFC world. But what about shareholders? They ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Sycomore Asset Management, and Mirova are developing a tool to measure how investment impact biodiversity. AXA IM, BNPPAM, Sycomore and Mirova launched the Investor Statement on the need for biodiversity ...

Ardea, UTS partnership to bring AI to fixed income analysis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Fixed income specialist Ardea Investment Management has launched a new research partnership with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) that will apply machine learning to areas including climate change and government bond investing. The Ardea + ...

RealIndex appoints former Acadian executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Systematic equities manager Realindex Investments has hired Joanna Nash to the newly created role of senior quantitative portfolio manager. Nash has 13 years' quantitative investment experience including senior roles at Acadian, where she was a ...

FTSE Russell enhances Green Revenues data model

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
FTSE Russell has launched an enhanced Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model to measure the green revenue exposure of companies in nearly 50 markets around the world. The Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model provides investors with a comprehensive classification system ...

Why sustainability matters in real estate

CHRIS NUNN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
As Australia's largest employer of 1.4 million people, and its biggest industry, representing 13% of Australian gross domestic product (Property Council of Australia), the real estate industry has a tremendous opportunity to lead the way on addressing ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Listed companies that are led by founders can demonstrate resilient value generation because of an alignment to long-term return, but a focus on long-term governance at founder-led companies is not always correlated to environmental and social out-performance. ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
HSBC Global Asset Management Limited and Pollination Group Holdings Limited have agreed to create a natural capital manager in a venture to mainstream natural capital as an asset class. HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management "aims to offer investors ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas has issued $140 million in equity-linked green bonds based on a forward-looking climate index of ASX-listed companies. Mike Watanabe, managing director, head of equity derivatives, Australia The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), First ...

Research project to study sustainable forestry in East Arnhem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
A new research project led by Developing East Arnhem Limited (DEAL) is investigating potential commercial Indigenous forestry and support traditional owners to "facilitate a sustainable forest-based livelihood." Workers at the Gumatj Aboriginal Corporation ...