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RI market nears $1 trillion, increased focus on lifting leading practice: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019  |  NEWS
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO RIAA has released the Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2019, which has found that the market grew to $980 billion in assets under management in 2018, an increase of ...

Global issuance of green bonds tops $100 billion to date in 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... this key milestone has been reached in the first half the year," said Climate Bonds CEO Sean Kidney. The US$100 billion benchmark was first met in November 2017 during COP23 and in mid-September in 2018, Climate Bonds Initiative said. There have been ...

MSCI creates Climate Change Indexes tilted to low carbon transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... solutions to address climate change, with twice the exposure to clean technology companies when compared to the underlying benchmark. The Indexes also help to reduce exposure to stranded assets with 50 percent lower exposure to thermal coal and four ...

AllianceBernstein launches Australian low-carbon equities strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... carbon credits. The AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund was launched in Australia in April 2014 and has outperformed its benchmark by 4.1% pa. "Green MVE challenges that 'either/or' paradigm and aims to give investors superior performance in terms of ...

Pengana WHEB Sustainable Investing Impact Report identifies positives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... thereby generating a positive social or environmental impact. The fund has had one month returns of 1.32%, compared to its benchmark of the MSCI World Total Return Index return of 8.89%. Since inception, the fund has returned 5.5%, -0.15% below the benchmark. ...

Factor investing such as ESG strategies can be wise approach: AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019  |  NEWS
... efficient way of capturing long term equity market returns while incurring lower volatility than a capitalised weighted benchmark." For the full year 2018, the Fund outperformed the MSCI ACWI ex-Australia index by 4.90% gross of fees, AXA IM said.

Business has role to play in protecting human rights: Gillian Triggs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019  |  NEWS
... western democracy and the only commonwealth country in the world that does not have a charter of human rights or some benchmark form of law against which the practices of companies in relation to social issues can be measured. That shows up in some of ...

Majority of Asia-Pacific investors expect to integrate ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... selecting an ESG manager, second only to track record. Also, 42% of respondents said that benchmarking funds against an ESG benchmark have had the greatest impact. "Investors want to be able to monitor performance, both financially and related to sustainability," ...

Global responsible investment assets top US$30 trillion: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019  |  NEWS
... billion managed as responsible investments at the end of 2017 based on data from RIAA's 2018 Responsible Investment Benchmark Report. "Responsible investment has become key to the funds management industry in both our countries to servicing clients," ...

RIAA certifies two Legg Mason funds as Responsible Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019  |  NEWS
... well as in assets that produce strong financial returns," RIAA said. "We congratulate Legg Mason on meeting the high benchmark set for Certification as a responsible investment fund." Legg Mason currently has global assets under management of AU$1 trillion ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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