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Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... equity. Today for every dollar invested in Australian-listed equity, $1.20 is invested in international-listed equity. This shift in asset allocation has been slow and steady and reflects that as Australia's superannuation system matures, there is ...

Opinion: Sustainable finance: the new normal in 2021

SIMON O'CONNOR, JACKI JOHNSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... regimes, such as NZ's recent announcement to legislate mandatory TCFD disclosures. All of which is the precursor to a major shift in capital flows towards more sustainable assets, effectively lowering the cost of capital for clean businesses, and increasing ...

Sustainability important to future of SME sector: Australia Post

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Foundation, is a follow up on a previous paper on the topic done four years ago. The report finds that the most notable shift in key drivers for SMEs is a more long-term view of sustainability in relation to financial benefits. "While previously SMEs ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... consider divestment in discretionary active portfolios because of the risk to client returns. Fink noted that the "tectonic shift" to sustainable investments is accelerating, and this transition presents a historic investment opportunity, particularly ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investors' agendas when engaging with the companies in which they're invested. Underlying some of these considerations is the shift in the balance of power between the shareholder primacy model towards a wider stakeholder model - a model in which ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Future Super, the $1 billion ethical retail fund, has shared how its deidentified recruitment has helped boost diversity - after mixed results last year. Future Super head of group strategy Veronica Sherwood-Meares said on LinkedIn that Future Super ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... director. It's a powerful first step, but ultimately we want to see that critical mass, we want to see the conversation shift from why do we need one to why don't we have diversity more generally on our board, and I think that mindset shift needs ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG grounds - oil and gas (49%), utilities (44%), consumer discretionary (34%) and materials (31%). There was a relative shift away from social issues, Chopra noted. "Surprisingly, I'd say, some of the social issues were not as high a priority for investors ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Two new green loans totalling $400 million have been put in place to support light rail and a battery energy storage system. Canberra's light rail network has refinanced a $280 million debt facility, with Canberra Metro assisted by financial advisors ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Investing in line with the day after tomorrow means investing in companies that are meeting climate change, human rights, and broad demographic challenges and opportunities, according to Janus Henderson. The Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity ...