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AI trumps climate as chief risk factor: economists

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... $500 billion to convert to renewables. "As an investor, this also provides opportunities," Parker said. Large providers of equity and debt capital are "well-placed" to help facilitate the green transition, but "to do it in such a way that we are not ...

FS Sustainability opens final voting round for ESG Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... zero carbon future, reporting and managing exposure to modern slavery and human rights exposures, covering the diversity, equity and inclusion agenda for recruiting and retaining talent and seeking solutions to improve the circular economy. The shortlisted ...

Rest increases impact investment with Cibus fund allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... Rest's third impact investment, following Rest's capital commitments to the Palisade Impact Fund and specialist private equity firm ARCHIMED, all of which have been assessed under Rest's impact investment framework, the fund confirmed. Cibus ...

Australian gender pay gap data to be revealed from February

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... Laura Ryan, head of research at Ardea Investment Management told FS Sustainability that companies can expect their gender equity metrics to be scrutinised by investors. "Speaking from the perspective of an asset manager, if our clients put pressure on ...

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... communities. Prior to that, Ward served as state manager of education at Catholic Schools NSW, where she championed educational equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at the state and national levels. Her expertise spans policy development ...

BNP Paribas updates sustainability strategy

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... expect from the entities in which we invest," the firm said in a statement. This includes a focus on governance, diversity equity and inclusion, transparency and reporting, and internal training on sustainability. FS Sustainability reached out to the ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  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 ...