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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 ...

MUFG appoints Rob Ward head of project finance, ESG finance, Oceania

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... projects and has also been ranked top lead arranger in the Bloomberg Project Finance league tables for Clean Energy financing for six of the past eight years. MUFG facilitated financial solutions such as the world's first ESG-linked US private placement ...

Sefa to increase financing to social enterprises and build resilience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... a little more risk around the portfolio, but most importantly, this is also good for the organisations that they have the six months' repayment holiday offered under the scheme." Sefa is also inviting potential investment partners as part of this process ...

Sefa selected as lender to government Coronavirus guarantee scheme

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... not-for-profits with annual turnovers up to $50 million are eligible to apply for loans of up to three years, with an initial six-month repayment holiday. The unsecured loans are for a maximum of $250,000 per borrower. "We are delighted to be selected ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has identified six critical systemic risks that require a transformational investment approach to convert those risks to sustainable returns. Helga Birgden, global business leader, responsible investment and partner, Mercer ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... came out, wasn't a matter of putting it on our website, we messaged our members, and we had a members' webinar to explain. Six hundred people RSVP'd and 200 ended up attending." Yassine compares the relationship that Crescent Wealth has with its members ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... for Australian shareholdings only, five funds disclose a proxy voting record that is "incomplete in some other way", while six funds disclose a summary of their proxy voting record. A further eleven funds either do not vote, or do not disclose a proxy ...