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Green moves: Australian Ethical, HOPE Housing, IGCC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... achieving real impact alongside strong commercial returns can be done. "Our financial returns are outpacing the CoreLogic Benchmark for Sydney by 1.5 times*, and our fully calibrated social return stands at 14.4% for 2024. We've been fortunate to ...

China issues inaugural sovereign green bonds

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... investment through high transparency and adherence to international standards," Xie said. "It also establishes a pricing benchmark for RMB-denominated green bonds, encouraging local governments, financial institutions, and corporations to further engage ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... achieving real impact alongside strong commercial returns can be done. "Our financial returns are outpacing the CoreLogic Benchmark for Sydney by 1.5 times*, and our fully calibrated social return stands at 14.4% for 2024. We've been fortunate to ...

5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... 'SRI' in their name will be required to implement exclusion screens aligned to the European Union's Paris-aligned Benchmark exclusions. However, the research found that two-thirds of the almost 14,300 Article 8 and Article 9 funds on offer ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...

Board directors targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Australian Ethical sees path through anti-ESG push

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical's deputy chief investment officer and head of multi-asset John Woods believes that recent anti-ESG moves create a unique opportunity for ethical investors. Despite short-term disruptions caused by policy shifts from the new US administration ...

Climate transition poses GFC-level risk: Emmi

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... will shift to the most efficient way of reducing that cost." We are well beyond footprinting, McNeil added. "We need to benchmark how climate and the transition will impact investments - it's in members' best interests financially," he said.

Investors still drawn to DEI

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... when making vote recommendations with respect to the election or re-election of directors at US companies under its Benchmark and Specialty policies" it said in a statement. It will continue to use other metrics for evaluation, including independence ...

Investors slam dumping of nature positive laws

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025  |  NEWS
... biodiversity/nature conservation and 48% on natural capital issues, according to RIAA's 2024 Australian Responsible Investment Benchmark Report. "Investors would welcome a regulatory environment that better protects companies against nature risk," Parker ...