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New tool tackles climate risk

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... company-specific risk data to produce benchmark comparisons, reinsurance attachment points and peer group analysis - including transition pricing factors. Asset managers are using the tool "to help align their investment exposure to climate related risks ...

Biodiversity loss, climate front of mind for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... people and the planet, and tropical forests are particularly under threat. Deforestation exposes investors to physical, transition, and systemic risks, and there are multiple layers of potential exposure in an investment portfolio. "Although challenges ...

GFANZ pivots amid climate alliance shake-up

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... announced a move towards addressing barriers to mobilising capital to emerging markets in support of the low-carbon transition, and abandoned its requirement for members to target net zero. GFANZ "going forward will allow any financial institution working ...

Rest-backed climate fund buys first assets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... with Rest as a cornerstone investor. LOGICs, Fidelity's second climate impact fund, invests in accelerated energy transition in the real estate logistics sector. Fidelity successfully raised €200 million at first close for the fund in April 2024. ...

Green Moves: S&P, SBTi, Macquarie, Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... leading an expanded division. Global Sustainable1 and S&P Global Commodity Insights are merging to create an energy transition and sustainability business. With a background in fund management Smart is a regular speaker and commentator at Davos, a member ...

Powering AI: An opportunity for investors?

HAMISH CHAMBERLAYNE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025  |  NEWS
... growth. The power demands of AI, combined with the impacts of reindustrialisation, electric vehicles (EVs), and the transition to renewable energy, sees the technology represent a significant investment opportunity across the entire value chain, including ...

The big green investing trends of 2025

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Sustainalytics' sustainable investing research head. The global ESG fund landscape will evolve rapidly as ESG regulations impact transition investing and boost sustainable bonds issuance. Biodiversity finance and artificial intelligence ethics are now ...

Aus govt calls VCs and private equity to back circular economy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... technologies, such as advanced recycling, materials innovation, and the share economy. Investors can help mitigate transition risks through flexible financing and public-private partnerships. For instance, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed ...

Investors "not interested" in nuclear

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... Investors need policy certainty, and for the government to remain committed to a stable, market-driven, energy-based transition, Merzian said. "The risk with this policy is extending the need for Australia's reliance on its aging coal plants, which are ...

Green moves: PRI, Scientific Beta, RIAA, CA100+, Australian Unity, Net Zero Economy Authority

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024  |  NEWS
... aims to work with institutional investors to connect private capital to the countries and projects that enable a just transition and achieve Sustainable Development Goals, to "have real world impact". Chief operating officer Esther Teeken will step down ...