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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 ...

Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... passive sustainable funds in 2018, 2019 was a quieter year, with only two launches, followed by no launches so far in the first six months of 2020," the report noted. In July 2020, BetaShares launched a currency-hedged version of its ASX-listed sustainability ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... market" O'Connor is a CFA Charterholder and a member of the CFA Society of Melbourne. "With historically low rates, the last six months have been remarkable to say the least for fixed income," Cook said. "Rachel's considered expertise will prove invaluable ...

Cbus Super announces net zero portfolio emissions target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolios - Fok cited MSCI as one data provider for the equities portfolio. "A lot of the work that we're doing over the next six to 12 months is to pull together the data on the unlisted portfolios," Fok said. "Property is well advanced, infrastructure ...

AAIB, Amundi launch climate investment framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... operations in January 2016. Amundi is a European asset manager and currently manages nearly €1.6 trillion of asset, with six international investment hubs, financial and extra-financial research capabilities and a long-standing commitment to responsible ...

Paradice Investment Management appoint head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... Management is a privately-owned Australian boutique fund manager established in 1999 by David Paradice. Paradice currently manage six distinct investment strategies with offices in Sydney, Denver and San Francisco. The Paradice Australian Small Cap Strategy ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... investment products that can be combined in different ways to meet different investor needs. It goes on to propose definitions for six ESG-related features. The features are expected to serve as a backbone of the Standard. 1. ESG Integration: Explicitly ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... round of reporting on modern slavery -that's been one of our major pushes. COVID-19 has also been a big push over the last six months, touching on worker health and safety, insecure and unfair work, and other issues." Social issues are growing areas ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... scrutiny from investors, investors themselves are working out how to prepare their own statements. The toolkit is divided into six sections: - Understanding the problem - Supply chain due diligence, codes of conduct, corrective action and remedy - Legal ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... in solutions for people and climate brings strong risk-adjusted returns. The wider market has woken up to this in the past six years, but to us, it's a continued belief in this." The Global Impact strategy team at Nuveen will pursue direct private equity ...