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Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... governance in training people from the bottom up, that's how your business is worth something." Mills was recently in Australia, and discussed First Sentier's approach to direct investment in infrastructure. First Sentier currently manages four dedicated ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... investment strategy leads to a stronger performance, and better outcomes for members." The RIAA study finds that 81% of Australia's largest super funds are committed to responsible investment (up from 70% in 2016), and that 72% report annually on responsible ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... for investment solutions that are linked to improved social and environmental outcomes." This survey was conducted in Australia for the first time in May 2019 through an online questionnaire with more than 2,000 Australians aged 18 or older.

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Analysis: too big to be sustainable?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... million breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing act relating to money coming in and out of Australia from Europe and Asia? Westpac has an entire page dedicated to its positive ratings and recommendations around sustainability ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... strike is recorded, if a complete board spill is the right solution to governance failing. Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research, ISS Last week, AUSTRAC revealed an investigation alleging that Westpac committed over 23 million breaches ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Board. The Flexi ABS Trust 2019-2 transaction is supported by a pool of unsecured, consumer receivables originated in Australia under its rebranded Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) offering - humm, flexigroup said. This is the second BNPL transaction flexigroup ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... director of client relations and head of Australasia. Tapscott will lead Sustainalytics' business development activities in Australia by "working closely with institutional investors to help them integrate ESG considerations into their investment decision-making ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... it is not the only human rights risk that companies should monitor. Research from international aid organisation CARE Australia from March 2017 suggests that in Cambodia alone, sexual harassment costs employers US$89 million per year, through lost productivity ...

CEFC, ARENA commit up to $58m for Hornsdale Power Reserve

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) are committing up to $58 million for a 50% expansion of the Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, the world's largest grid-scale battery. The Hornsdale Power Reserve (Image courtesy CEFC) The CEFC is committing up ...