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Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
Australia and New Zealand have the third highest proportion of sustainable investments in the world, with more than a third of AUM sustainably managed. The biennial Global Sustainable Investment Review, released today by the Global Sustainable Investment ...

New Forests acquires US timber asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... million hectares (2.4 million acres) of investments. New Forests is a Certified B Corp and operates in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United States. The Hilt-Siskiyou Forest is currently managed for sustainable timber production under ...

Royal Adelaide Hospital locks in $2bn social, green loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... looked to bring this to the fore," said ASI head of infrastructure investment and asset management - Australia and New Zealand Bill Haughey. "It gives us more attraction from the lending market, it gives us more scale, which we needed for the transaction ...

IGCC names new CEO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Asian economies, noting that those countries "make up the bulk of our export markets and in which many Australian and New Zealand investors are increasingly active." Mikula-Wright's appointment follows the departure of Emma Herd earlier this year after ...

Investors outline roadmap for mandatory climate disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... lacking, leading to the under-pricing of climate risks in the market." The groups note that other jurisdictions including New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong have moved to mandatory disclosure regimes that address the gaps in voluntary reporting ...

J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... Campbell management. The Portland-Oregon based Campbell Global manages 1.7 million acres worldwide, including Australia, New Zealand, Chile and 15 US states. As a result of this transaction, J.P. Morgan Asset Management expects to become an active participant ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... intensity for the NAAN facility much further into the future." The joint lead managers for the issue were Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, BNP Paribas, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation. The ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... revenue, sales, and they can give you a pretty good estimate." FTSE Russell head of sustainable investment Australia and New Zealand Jo Saleeba noted that many investors use ESG ratings firms' data in that manner, among other uses. "From my experience ...

KiwiSaver exclusions not necessarily a performance drag: ISS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... not be a negative impact on returns from those exclusions. There are currently nine default KiwiSaver providers in New Zealand, and their contracts expire at the end of June. From 1 July, investment service providers will have to screen out controversial ...

Powerful signal on climate with votes, court decisions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... past six months." There has to be "a new age of director nominations," said Vas Kolesnikoff, head of Australia and New Zealand research, ISS Australia. "Irrespective of what a company board says in the case of ExxonMobil, it doesn't help that it ...