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AXA IM battles poor data on road to net zero

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... by 33% since 2019, beating the interim goal of 20% by 2025. Additionally, 69% of its direct real estate assets under management are aligned with the Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor (CRREM) for the second year running. In listed assets, AXA IM reduced ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Regulators are zeroing in on anti-greenwashing measures in the asset management sector, as well as tighter regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology, according to a KPMG report. The report said that stopping companies from making ...

Green jobs: Societe Generale, Iress, U Ethical, CDP, TISFD

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... investment analyst in Melbourne, following his relocation from Brussels where he spent ten years at asset manager KBC Asset Management after teaching at a Belgian business school. De Bruycker brings experience in responsible investments and ESG initiatives ...

Ultra rich bet on green energy for data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) is expanding its local footprint in response to private wealth's hunger for clean energy and the global digital revolution. The asset management giant's Green Investments arm is now selling private market access ...

Robeco specialist poached by Northern Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... of Robeco's local quant team has quit the Dutch asset manager to join a former colleague at Northern Trust Asset Management. Jan Rohof - the firm's technical quant investment specialist based in Sydney - is joining former Robecco executive Guido ...

DEI code to boost retention: CFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Berman and Loomis Sayles. To put in context, the 190-strong cohort represents nearly 30 per cent of global assets under management. DEI programs can have a serious economic impact when done properly. A 2015 McKinsey Global Institute report found that ...

Australia fails benchmark for female-led funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... this year, but the number of female-led funds in Australia lags the global average. Only 8% of Australia's funds management industry is run by women, lagging the global average of 12.5%, the latest Alpha Female Report finds. Citywire's annual ...

Podcast: The Right to Disconnect and toxic corporate culture with Emma Pringle

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... Pringle, Head of ESG and Portfolio Manager at Maple-Brown Abbott, a boutique firm with around $9 billion in assets under management. Emma explains how investors, asset managers, and boards respond when workplaces are exposed as dysfunctional or 'toxic' ...

Nature now a fiduciary duty and financial risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... nature. "There is strong momentum globally by investors to understand, analyse and value assets on the basis of the management of nature-related risks," said Parker. "The information and data that the Environment Information Agency promise to help provide ...

Blockchain for carbon credits: Northern Trust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024  |  NEWS
... reduce, or remove greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Northern Trust Carbon Ecosystem offers digital lifecycle management capability for voluntary carbon credits. The first credits sold to institutional buyers were from UK water purification technology ...