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Local Government Super becomes signatory to Green Bond Pledge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... goals and their financial balance sheets and investment plans." LGS recently announced it had awarded a fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager, PIMCO. Under the mandate, PIMCO will manage approximately $440 million across global credit and government ...

Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... governance framework," Aberdeen Standard Investments said. "It is particularly pleasing to be appointed for such a high profile mandate," said Brett Jollie, managing director of Aberdeen Standard Investments' Australian business. "We are delighted to ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a new, $440 million fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager PIMCO. The mandate will cover global credit and government bonds, LGS said. "We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with PIMCO," ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
Omega Global Investors has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Pinnacle Investment Management Group Limited. Mathew McCrum, co-founder Omega Global Investors Pinnacle has purchased a minority equity stake in the $4.2 billion Omega, leaving ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... investment strategy, AXA Rosenberg Rosenberg Equities is the quantitative platform of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), and the mandate from CalPERS will see Rosenberg Equities manage a $1 billion global equity ESG model implementation portfolio. The ...

Government finds no legislative barriers to implementing TCFD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
The federal government says there are no legislative barriers preventing the full adoption of the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in corporate reporting. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison ...

Man Group analyses tobacco considerations in investment strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Man Group is considering the impacts of divestment from tobacco as part of its broader approach to responsible investing. Jason Mitchell, sustainability strategist, Man Group, The fund manager does not have a blanket policy of divestment ...

ANZ prices €750 million bond linked to Sustainable Development Goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
ANZ has launched and priced its first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) bond in the European wholesale debt capital markets. Katharine Tapley, head of sustainable finance solutions (SFS), loans and specialised finance, ANZ The bond raised â,¬750 ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) have selected FTSE4Good's TIP Taiwan ESG index for a US$1.4 billion mandate. BLF has issued a five year passive mandate and is the first fund to use the FTSE4 Good TIP Taiwan ESG index. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses bond issuance from second quarter 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
The pool of green bond issuers continued to grow during the second quarter of 2017, extending investor choice, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative Climate Bonds Initiative has released their second Green ...