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QBE, Suncorp among global insurers exiting coal: Unfriend Coal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Australian insurers QBE and Suncorp are among global insurers and reinsurers withdrawing cover for new coal projects, according to the third annual Unfriend Coal scorecard. Seventeen of the world's biggest insurer have announced they are withdrawing ...

Creating a values-based financial advisory firm: FPA Congress

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Giving a presentation on how to create, foster and maintain a value-based advisory firm would be timely in the wake of the Hayne Royal Commission as well as the newly introduce FASEA Code of Ethics, but in the immediate aftermath of claims by AUSTRAC ...

Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... said. "If you look at Westpac, they didn't meet financial cash earnings targets and they didn't make their return on investment, he said. "Financial performance is down, and why? Because of the remediation costs. Those remediation costs were governance ...

ESG engagement key to small cap value: Perennial Value Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Cottier, portfolio manager, Perennial Value Management Perennial Value Management integrates ESG considerations into its investment process through fundamental research, and ESG is a part of the portfolio management process in its Perennial Smaller Companies ...

flexigroup pricing $265million ABS with green tranches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
flexigroup has announced it is pricing a A$265 million asset-backed securities with green tranches that are certified by the Climate Bonds Standard Board. The Flexi ABS Trust 2019-2 transaction is supported by a pool of unsecured, consumer receivables ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... in Australia by "working closely with institutional investors to help them integrate ESG considerations into their investment decision-making processes," Sustainalytics said. Tapscott comes to Sustainalytics from Colonial First State, where she was the ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... looking at modern slavery risk, why not take a broader view," said Mans Carlsson-Sweeney, head of ESG Research at Ausbil Investment Management. "You're spending the time, you're spending the money, it kills more than one bird with one stone for you to ...

S&P Global to acquire ESG ratings business from RobecoSAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... through the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI). Robeco and RobecoSAM will continue to use the CSA data for use in investment strategies and will provide advice on the CSA Methodology, S&P Global said. "Through this acquisition, S&P Global is bringing ...

CEFC, ARENA commit up to $58m for Hornsdale Power Reserve

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... integration of renewable energy," noted Neoen. "We see grid-scale batteries as a critical part of the next wave of investment that will support the rapid and unprecedented change we are seeing across Australia's electricity system," said Ian Learmonth ...

Australian Ethical questions calls for limits on environmental activism

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... of a recent speech by Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Dr Stuart Palmer, head of ethics research, Australian Ethical Investment In a speech earlier this month, Morrison raised the possibility of outlawing the practices of secondary boycotts by environmental ...