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ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... effort into research and data analytics as they do on new product issuance Other market experts reinforced that message. Zurich Financial Services Australia head of savings and investment Matthew Drennan told FS Sustainability that investor demand for ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... billion as of the end of December 2020. Since inception, it has returned 17.38% net of fees and 21.73% in the last year. Zurich Financial Services Australia offers a local version of the strategy, the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by American ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... greater transparency and education for advisers on the difference between ESG, sustainable and impact investing, according to Zurich Financial Services Australia. "It's fundamental that ESG has to be integrated into the investing process," said Matthew ...

MSCI launches Real Estate Climate Value-at-Risk solution for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... exposures when constructing and analysing portfolios. The MSCI Climate VaR was developed from MSCI's Climate Risk Center in Zurich. The Climate Risk Center came as part of MSCI's acquisition of Carbon Delta in October 2019. /msci-barra-purchases-data-analytics-firm-carbon-delta/ ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... adopting some restrictions on the oil and gas sector. AXA, AXIS Capital, The Hartford, Generali, Munich Re, Swiss Re and Zurich have limited their cover for tar sands operations. Some insurers have also restricted their cover for Arctic drilling and ...

QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... really taking a toll on the coal industry. The report highlights leaders around the world. In underwriting, Swiss Re and Zurich are the leaders in ending coal insurance in that they have withdrawn cover from both new and existing projects, as well as ...

MSCI Barra purchases data analytics firm Carbon Delta

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
MSCI subsidiary MSCI Barra (Suisse) SA rl is purchasing Zurich-based environmental fintech and data analytics firm, Carbon Delta AG. Carbon Delta is a provider of climate change scenario analysis, and MSCI and Carbon Delta "will create an extensive ...

Local Government Super hires David Smith as new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017  |  NEWS
... O'Regan, LGS board chair Smith comes to LGS from AXIS Specialty Australia, where he was CEO. Prior to this, he was CEO of Zurich Financial Services, and has over 17 years experience as a CEO and COO within the financial services sector, LGS said. The ...

INCR working group calls for green bond definitions, framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015  |  NEWS
... provide investors with a dedicated platform to voice their expectations," said Cecilia Reyes, Chief Investment Officer, Zurich Insurance Group - a member of the green bonds working group convened by INCR. "As one of the major investors in green bonds ...

Five investors join initiative to grow green bond market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014  |  NEWS
... on Green Bonds and Climate Bonds, joining existing signatories ACTIAM, Aviva Investors, BNP Paribas Investment Partners, Zurich Insurance Group, California Teachers' State Retirement Systems (CalSTRS), Mirova, Natixis Asset Management, Pax World Management ...