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Investors "flying blind" to climate litigation risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... associated with climate change - particularly when assessing risk to asset classes such as sovereign bonds and private equity. "It's critically important that investors - particularly those investors who have a longer time horizon - are mindful of ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... community engages in comprehensive scenario analysis. Those who do typically focus on traditional asset classes like listed equity and real estate, leaving asset classes such as sovereign bonds and private equity left to the wayside due to a lack of ...

Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... and natural climate solutions (NCS) investments. Collectively, these 32 funds are seeking to raise about US$19 billion in equity commitments, the consultant said. The report found that "several of these funds offer very low or no recurring yields, with ...

Podcast: Does DEI improve financial return - Raymone Jackson

THE GREENER WAY  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... cognitive background results in better decision making. Here to talk about this topic is Raymone Jackson, head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at T. Rowe Price. L ast year, outgoing APRA deputy governor Helen Rowell said "genuine diversity is still ...

Australia joins COP28 gender and just transition partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... alongside other financial institutions including the UN Green Climate Fund, which in October 2023 approved a US$152 million equity investment in GAIA. GAIA will provide loans, credit facilities and private bonds to sovereign, sub-sovereign and quasi-sovereign ...

Gender pay gap a key diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... this program, other questions come into focus, such as the role of mentorship versus sponsorship in company diversity, equity and inclusion programs. "The difference between mentorship and sponsorship is that mentorship is about fixing yourself, but ...

BlackRock's Evergreen Infrastructure fund scores US$1bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock's core infrastructure equity strategy will invest in energy transition and security, as the open-ended fund makes its first investment to acquire a US commercial and industrial solar and battery platform. With nearly US$1 billion in commitments ...

La Trobe University inks sustainability-linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Council of Australia's Green Star Communities certification including employment, water and waste initiatives; and gender equity initiatives involving improving gender equity, diversity and inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and ...

Nature-related risk a potential risk to directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter, who is represented by Equity Generation Lawyers, accuses the bank of not having adequate risk management plans in place for climate and nature risks. ...

ANZ in court over climate and nature risk failure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... Catherine Rossiter is a long-term shareholder of the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. Rossiter, who is represented by Equity Generation Lawyers, accuses the bank of not having adequate risk management plans in place for climate and nature risks. ...