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Super fund invests in Australian Unity Green Bond Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... regular quarterly income distributions, Altius said. The fund recently passed the 12-month mark, noted Altius chief investment officer Bill Bovingdon. "We're very pleased with the way it's growing, and it's obviously a milestone getting a ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... better served by identifying which specific ESG issues are most important to them, understand the data used by their investment managers and how these data are used. "There are multiple levels of data points that are being tracked and opacity around ...

Charter Hall hires group head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... and fund managers recognised last year for their leadership in climate reporting on the Principles for Responsible Investment Leaders' Group. PRI signatories from Australia that appeared on the list included AMP Capital Investors, Australian Ethical ...

Why the move to clean energy won't be enough

ALISTAIR MILLS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... policymakers are also becoming increasingly focused on the urgency of decarbonisation, increasing the importance from an investment context. Whilst the physical risks have been discussed for a number of years, climate change has now become an economic ...

Oil and gas industry debate green hydrogen future

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... at cost and scalability," Perry said. "The cost for early movers is going to be consideration to get through [final investment decision] FID, and the same practices we use in oil and gas will give us robustness and good decisions moving forward, so that ...

New fossil fuel exploration acreage released

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... pandemic. Exploration will continue to play a key role in supporting Australia's economic growth by encouraging investment in development prospects, as well as unlocking additional supply." Later at the conference, Paul Trotman - head of division ...

Infrastructure manager joins Principles for Responsible Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
TRUE Infrastructure Management has joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). TRUE is a fund of fund manager that offers infrastructure investments to non-institutional investors via investing with two of Australia's ...

EY names Oceania chief sustainability officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... is a team that covers sustainability, nonfinancial reporting and climate change outcomes measurement and community investment services. Earlier this year, Nelson spoke with FS Sustainability about the EY's 2021 Capital Confidence Barometer, which ...

Investment Leadership Awards ESG winners revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment and BetaShares Capital have taken top awards in the ESG category at the annual Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards in Sydney. The awards, run by partner publication Financial Standard, recognise Australian investment ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... currently nine default KiwiSaver providers in New Zealand, and their contracts expire at the end of June. From 1 July, investment service providers will have to screen out controversial weapons and fossil fuel companies as well as maintain a disclosed ...