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Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... fund manager. They are expected to start with Regnan in April, with the investment strategy to be launched in the UK and Europe in the second half of calendar 2021. The team joins from Fidelity International where they manage the Luxembourg-domiciled ...

Biden inauguration brings climate challenge for Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... opens up a brand-new American - and possibly a global chapter for green transition, because it aligns so strongly now with Europe, the UK and now China," Petersen said. "You have the four biggest tranches of emissions on the planet almost at one in relation ...

Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... issue a Green gilt." Kendall notes that issuance of impact bonds - both environmental and social - lags other markets in Europe such as Spain and Sweden. "As awareness of impact grows, the need to come out with a COVID recovery, which many are calling ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco is in the process of setting five-year cycle targets to translate long-term net zero carbon emission reduction initiatives into impactful investment portfolios and investor practices. Robeco wants to invest in line with the ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information into high yield strategies can augment risk analysis, although there are challenges in finding information about private ...

Auction system proposed to halve electricity emissions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Emissions from coal-fired electricity generators could be drastically reduced by 2030 by introducing a Coal-Generation Phasedown Mechanism (CPM), according to a proposal from a new centre-right think tank. The Blueprint Institute has issued a paper ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... within green industries. The EARTH portfolio has between 25-40 strategies contained within it, and focuses on North America, Europe, Asia, and emerging markets, while pursuing an all-cap strategy, encompassing companies that are as small as $200 million ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG, the firm said. DWS has EUR 759 billion of assets under management as of 30 September 2020 and operates in Germany, Europe, the Americas and Asia. The DWS ESG Advisory Board members are Peter Damgaard Jensen, chairman of the Institutional Investor ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Responsible investing pioneer Regnan has launched a global public equity impact fund that selects companies that contribute to achieving the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund invests ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the Chinese financial system, etc.," Cheang said. "Because the sustainable finance requirements are becoming mandatory in Europe, a lot of the providers in Australia will be well aware of that, and I think there is hope and momentum behind making any ...