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Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... doing," she said. "There are innovative financing models that we can look to accelerate." Kuppalli pointed to its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), which recently reached first close with US$120 million of capital commitments. TAFF2 aims to capitalise ...

UBS hires ESG specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... assisted FSI in establishing the green financing framework which articulates how the assets would be used in line with the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA)'s Green Loan Principles as well as how the assets fit under the Climate Bond Initiative ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... global climate survey report, which sampled the views of 300 institutional and wholesale investors in EMEA, North America and Asia Pacific ranging in size from less than US$1 billion to more than US$1 trillion in assets under management. More than a ...

ESG drivers rising up M&A strategy agenda: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... bidders." ESG is rising up the agenda in M&A considerations, according to Kushal Chadha, partner at PwC Deals Advisory and Asia Pacific ESG leader - deals and private equity. "Lots of forward-thinking investors are taking quite a strong or fresh look ...

New Forests Asia fund reaches $120 million first close

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... Nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies investment manager New Forests has reached first close of its Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2) with US$120 million of capital commitments. Investors in the first close include sovereign wealth ...

AGL takeover bid first, but not last on net zero grounds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The takeover bid for AGL by Mike Cannon-Brookes's Grok Ventures and Brookfield Asset Management is not likely to be the only proposed deal that seeks to take emissions intensive infrastructure and utility assets from listed markets into private ownership ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score than its reference benchmark, the JPMorgan ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... Australia, Swiss Re, AFG and FNZ Group. She also has over 10 years in CEO or general manager roles in Australia, New Zealand and Asia with AXA, Mercer and Manulife. She is a qualified actuary, fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and ...

Oliver Wyman appoints ex-Westpac exec as special adviser

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... financial services experience complement Oliver Wyman's expertise and capabilities in financial services," said Oliver Wyman Asia-Pacific managing partner Jacob Hook. "She brings over 30 years of experience in senior positions at some of the world's ...

Plato Investment Management launches net zero hedge fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... to get to net zero emissions. We've already seen record floods and heat waves in North America, floods in Europe and Asia. Climate change is happening, and we need to do things very quickly," Hamson said. "It's affecting flows into sustainable ...