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Advisers seek education, clarification on ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Higgins said. "The classic aspect is always around everybody's values, beliefs and key tenants. They're all different, but if you're looking at it through the perspective of values-based investing, having to mass-customise portfolios is difficult. ...

$515 million sustainability loan anchors seaport refinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Scheme. "Under the terms of the SLL, there is a margin that can move up or down depending on performance against the five different metrics," said NAB director, sustainable finance Alison Chan. The sustainability-linked loan was part of a broader $666 ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... criteria are able to ask for additional salary increases and that sort of thing. We've seen that across a number of different roles. I don't see that changing." Earlier this year, Kaizen Recruitment released information noting that heads of ESG ...

War, vice and climate: assessing investors ethical stands

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Boomers (49%) and Millennials (53%). "For us, there are interesting learnings in terms of what piques the interest of different demographics of investors, and we can be adding products which suit them," Klassen said. Nucleus Wealth, a retail wealth and ...

Using quant approaches to implement climate change targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... that, along with providing thoughts and suggestions on what we believe the best approach might be." Because there are different definitions and calibrations to reducing climate risk in portfolios, and because there are "multifaceted" ways to approach ...

CBRE hires APAC ESG research lead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
CBRE has hired Sameer Chopra to head its Pacific research team and lead ESG research for the Asia Pacific region. Chopra will join CBRE in July. He is currently head of Australian research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "We continually strive to ...

APAC investors ahead of North America on climate action: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Klausner, director, thematic research, PGIM. "One thing that stuck out is the fact that regulatory regimes are quite different." Klausner pointed to the chilling effect of the Trump-era Department of Labor issuing a memo to ERISA-regulated pension funds ...

APRA to conduct climate vulnerability assessment on banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... climate-related risks; and boost understanding of how institutions might adjust their business models in response to different climate scenarios," Byres said. "Our goal is to better identify and measure the links between climate science and financial ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... its key thematic priorities, and is undertaking a number of projects to pursue biodiversity related topics across its different areas of sustainable investing. Biodiversity is a key topic of discussion during the forthcoming Responsible Investment Association ...

Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... largest capital market, and those markets offers substantial depth, breadth and liquidity. Its economic cycle runs at a different frequency to that of the developed world and hence including Chinese assets offers good diversification properties." The ...