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Perpetual launches active ESG ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
Perpetual Asset Management Australia (PAMA) has launched an active ETF based on its ethical SRI fund. The ETF, called GIVE, is based on the Perpetual Ethical SRI Fund, managed by portfolio manager Nathan Hughes. This is a key strategic initiative, bringing ...

Australian government "faffing about" on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... investment manager focused exclusively on renewables, storage and grid support infrastructure and operational asset management in the US, UK and Australia. The fund manages $8.2 billion in assets, and has won multiple awards in several countries. Scaysbrook ...

COP26 week one: what Australians need to know

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... businesses and investments. COP26 commitments as catalyst to private investment As COP26 was getting underway, Impax Asset Management head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell said credible pathways to net zero are critical to catalysing private finance. ...

Credible COP26 outcome needed to catalyse private investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... negotiators need to set out a credible pathway to net zero in order to catalyse private finance, according to Impax Asset Management. "We need greater ambition - you can't escape from that," said Impax head of policy and advocacy Chris Dodwell. "We ...

Managing biodiversity loss a governance risk: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... increasingly clear, and consumer impacts on biodiversity is both a risk and an opportunity, according to Vontobel Asset Management. Vontobel head of ESG and thought leadership Sudhir Roc-Sennett notes that biodiversity is "bleeding" as human population ...

HESTA CEO joins corporate governance board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... president of the CalPERS in the US, directors Seiji Kawazoe, a senior stewardship office at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management in Tokyo, and Luz Rodriguez, a corporate governance professional at the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association. ...

Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... asset manager, as we expected the consideration of ESG criteria to become a license to operate for the entire asset management industry," the firm said. "DWS strives to always be transparent to the market, our clients and stakeholders in our message ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... characteristics and the opportunity to contribute to the decarbonisation of the Australian economy, said Macquarie Asset Management head of agriculture and natural assets Elizabeth O'Leary. O'Leary said that in addition to the work that the agricultural ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... improving, Kell said. The lack of perfect data is not a barrier to action on sustainable investment, said APG Asset Management managing director global responsible investment and governance Claudia Kruse. APG, the Dutch pensions manager with EUR 613 ...

Conscious Investment Management grows team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... is an experienced transactional and corporate lawyer and joins Conscious Investment Management from Brookfield Asset Management, where she spent more than a decade working on large and complex transactions. Jordan joins the Conscious Investment Management ...