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Neuberger Berman hires new head of environmental, social and governance investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... partner at McKinsey & Company, advising pension plans, asset managers and other finance institutions on issues including investment strategy, organisational structure and ESG integration. Bailey has also worked on sustainability and governance investment ...

Majority of largest asset owners recognise risk of climate change: AODP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... twice as many as last year. Meanwhile, 68% of asset managers have staff focused on integrating climate risk into their investment, and 18% of asset owners have dedicated staff, a third more than last year. Twenty percent of asset managers calculate portfolio ...

IRRCi report analyses ESG integration behaviour of institutional investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics to develop How Investors Integrate ESG: A Typology of Approaches. The report is based on an analysis of the investment practices of 70 institutional investors with total assets under management of US$19.9 trillion. "[The typology] will ...

Australian Ethical Investment exceeds $2 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has exceeded $2 billion in funds under management, a 100% increase since 2015. Phil Vernon, Australian Ethical Investment managing director For March 2017, the ethical investment and superannuation provider saw net inflows ...

Directors, senior executives have obligation to consider climate change: Norton Rose Fulbright

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... transitional, reputation and physical, Norton Rose said. Norton Rose pointed to statements by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) last month at a Senate Economics References Committee public hearing for an inquiry into carbon risk ...

Majority of investors believe ESG-focused investment improve returns: SSgA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... that at a global level, 77% of respondents believe that financial return objective can be balanced with ESG focused investment, is a very positive development," said Kevin Anderson, head of investments, APAC, at SSgA. The study found that there are areas ...

Investa Commercial Property Fund Issues $100 million certified green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... developing the green bond investor base and the market as a whole." Australian Ethical Super has also invested in the bond. "Investment in quality green bonds helps drive essential capital to the climate solutions and energy efficient infrastructure ...

Morphic Ethical Equities Fund has exceeded minimum target for IPO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... Ethical Equities Fund Limited (MEC), a new ethically screened global equity LIC. Morphic combines ethical screens with an investment strategy focusses on growing wealth over the long-term by generating returns in excess of the benchmark over a full investment ...

PIMCO launches ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... launched the PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund in Australia, as part of a global, dedicated environmental, social and governance investment platform. Adrian Stewart, head of PIMCO Australia and New Zealand The PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund is the firm's first ...

IGCC, AIGCC publish investor disclosure guide aligned to TCFD recommendations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... dramatically over the last two years including through regulation in some countries," said Pablo Berrutti, head of responsible investment Asia Pacific for Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM) and chair of the IGCC Disclosure Working ...