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ESG integration "crucial" to credit investments: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... that company debt will rise by AU$1.45 trillion - 12% - in 2020 off the back of the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies borrowed to fund takeovers, share buybacks and dividends, as well as to invest, and debts have risen significantly faster than profits over ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Impact investor Social Enterprise Finance Australia (Sefa) has been selected as a lender as part of the federal government's Coronavirus Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Guarantee Scheme. Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer of SEFA Sefa is one of ...

First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The $250 million Victorian Business Growth Fund (VBGF), backed by the Victorian government and First State Super, has made its first investment, aimed at assisting a local business in creating jobs and expanding operations. Deanne Stewart, First State ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... The Sustainability Report that developing a proprietary scoring system is designed to improve the quality of ESG data the fund manager uses for investment decisions, the spokesperson said, pointing to "factors like lack of standardisation, lack of transparency ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible investment at First State Super. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the $120 billion industry super fund has announced it will divest $40 million of its equity portfolio, including its indexed exposures, from thermal coal ...

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 ...