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AMP Capital regards long term impacts of COVID-19, climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... stress test how it manages major disruptions. A number of companies could do with working on their stress testing and resilience management. That plays into corporate governance, skills on the board and the ability to do crisis planning." This leads ...

Four structural challenges for business to navigate post-lockdown: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... leaning to cost efficient. Some of them may opt for a different trade-off on the spectrum, which allows for additional resilience, at additional cost." Investors will have to make calls on individual companies' approaches, Antia said. "How investors ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
Ethical fund manager U Ethical is reporting resilience in its equities funds in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Georgina Laird, Jon Fernie, U Ethical "Sustainable strategies have held up pretty well, whether it's ethical, ESG or sustainability strategies ...

APRA creating and recruiting to fill role of head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... closer attention," and said that APRA-regulated entities should conduct stress testing for "organisational and systemic resilience in the face of adverse shocks" from climate risk. The regulator has continued to extend the message over the last three ...

Hong Kong regulators establish sustainable finance steering group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative. "It's a harsh reinforcement of the importance of mitigating risks and building resilience, particularly climate resilience & sustainability into economic and financial recovery plans. We have seen a silver lining ...

Vietnam a source of green infrastructure projects, pipeline: CBI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... resilient and adaptative infrastructure that will assist Vietnam meet its economic and climate goals." "Climate impacts, resilience and adaptation measures are now inextricably linked to infrastructure planning and development including national economic ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... outperformance in comparison to other strategies. Companies with higher ESG ratings performed "notably better" and showed better resilience during the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic compared to investments with lower ESG ratings, according to AXA ...

Treasurers cite positive impact in green bonds: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... investor appetite is there. It will only increase as asset owners and institutional investor calls grow for climate, resilience measures and sustainability considerations be at the core of stimulus and economic response programs." Additional results ...

Coronavirus pandemic produces supply chain crisis: Baker McKenzie

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... of this situation in a better position than others are going to be the ones that have already thought about a bit of resilience and have already started to build in measures, and have diversified before the COVID-19 situation." Oxford Economics' baseline ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... you wonder why these losses are socialised," Berrutti said. "... We believe companies should be resilient, and built resilience into their balance sheet, business and workforce."