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MSCI climate tool provides new data for private real estate assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... forward-looking and return-based valuation assessment to measure climate-related risks for real estate assets in an investment portfolio. "This is effectively a methodology where they can plug some information about their investments into a standardised ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... from thermal coal miners as part of a Climate Change Portfolio Transition Plan. Liza McDonald, head of responsible investment at First State Super. As reported in sister publication Financial Standard, the $120 billion industry super fund has announced ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... consortium of philanthropists and investors behind the purchase of the AAP Newswire have labelled the transaction an impact investment motivated by a desire to protect media diversity in Australia. The deal that was announced earlier this month will ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... take a COVID-19-like event every year until 2050 to limit global warming to 1.5c in temperature rise, according AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). Lise Moret, head of climate strategy, AXA IM In a recent briefing, Lise Moret, AXA IM's head of climate ...

Local Government Super certified carbon neutral by Climate Active

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... biodiversity reserve project in Indonesia, and a wind power project in Rajasthan, India, said Moya Yip, head of responsible investment, LGS. "These projects reflect our local and global outlook and they generate environmental, social and economic co-benefits," ...

Australian Unity launches green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... in-house cash and fixed income manager for Australian Unity. The green bond fund captures both increased demand for green investment options and the fact that there is a deeper market for green bonds, said Bill Bovingdon, chief investment officer, Altius. ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... quality signals in strategies. Ian Carmichael, portfolio manager and partner, Fairlight Asset Management Quantitative investment managers have previously told The Sustainability Report that ESG considerations are part of their strategies to manage risk ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... (ASI) has recently launched the Aberdeen Standard Global Smaller Companies Fund in Australia. Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG Investment Director - Asia Pacific, ASI The fund is a high-conviction portfolio of quality global smaller company investment opportunities ...

Korea Housing Finance Corporation prices COVID-19 social bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
The Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) has priced a COVID-19 Response Social Covered Bond, its second social bond. KHFC raised EUR 500 million on the transaction, which has a five year tenor with a spread of 35 basis points over the mid-swap rate. ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... as a value manager adopting an ESG integration and engagement strategy, there is a strong alignment between ESG and investment returns." McKean spoke with The Sustainability Report as she was transitioning to maternity leave. Maple-Brown Abbott previously ...