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As water rises, insurer swims against tide

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Most insurers are reacting to climate change by pushing up premiums - but FM thinks discounted premiums are the right way to go when it comes to reducing risk and preventing payouts. The commercial insurance company is freeing up the finances of its ...

Australian Retirement Trust hires impact PMs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... fund. "We have recently expanded our sustainable investments team to enhance our approach to investing in social and environmental outcomes while ensuring an appropriate risk-adjusted return," said sustainable investments head Nicole Bradford. "Julianne ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... also oversees Australian Ethical's Infrastructure Debt Fund, which finances local projects with a social or environmental benefit. Australian Ethical chief investment officer Ludovic Theau said Roberts' appointment reflects the firm's continues ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... community consultation or local support. "Everyone can see AUKUS is sinking, the question is now becoming how much environmental and financial damage it will do before it hits rock bottom?" Shoebridge said. Over-reactor? Critics of AUKUS, including former ...

New alliance brings green data to financial markets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
Financed emissions and climate risk analyst Emmi has teamed up with global data provider FactSet to boost the finance sector's access to data. Following the ethos 'what gets measured, gets managed', Emmi has spent four years developing this ...

Social-washing hides lapse in progress

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... Hunger), engage investible companies to improve DEI outcomes towards Goal 5 (Gender Equality), or allocate capital to environmental organisations to help achieve Goal 15 (Life on Land). Instead of investing, some may choose to leverage the power of philanthropy ...

Impact investor boosts affordable housing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... $400 million of impact via managed funds. Conscious Investment Management (CIM) is focused on delivering social and environmental impact on behalf of more than 800 investors. The firm has now quietly financed 270 new social and affordable homes, 114 ...

BNP Paribas shutters EARTH Trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... innovative companies within the energy, materials, agriculture, and industrials sectors that provide solutions to environmental challenges. It then also took short positions in overvalued companies or those with unsustainable business models vulnerable ...

First Sentier heeds the call of nature

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
First Sentier Investors gains an edge by vowing to publicly disclose on nature in 2025, joining a growing list of signatories to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD). It joins investors representing US$15.9 trillion AUM - including ...

ASIC clarifies licensing rules for carbon market

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024  |  NEWS
... corporate, and for foreign financial services providers. Meanwhile, carbon abatement contracts and other similar environmental units are not considered financial products unless tied to a managed investment scheme or derivatives, the regulator said. ...