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Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... around procedure, Singh added. However, questions still remain around whether companies are correctly raising capital, the nature and structure of advisory fees relating to capital placements and other concerns. "As an asset manager, we acknowledge that ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... up on it when it occurs. It's moving beyond what companies are doing today, but integrating more of that forward looking nature. This includes looking at emissions reductions targets, policies, how aggressive they are, what they are, who's responsible ...

Roadmap outlines sustainable transformation for finance industry

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate-related Financial Disclosures] TCFD recommendations, to start convening a project group around the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures] TFND and being the body that joins the dots of the activity that exists," O'Connor says. Several ...

Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... meaningful spread... while delivering very uncorrelated returns during times like we just went through because of the long term nature of the contracts." By investing in apartments and dwellings that are fit for purpose to support housing for people ...

Link between post-bushfire regeneration and impact investing: WWF-Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
World Wide Fund for Nature-Australia (WWF-Australia) has launched a wildlife and nature regeneration program to fund solutions that could become impact investments. WWF-Australia is launching the Innovate to Regenerate project, which consists of two ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... economic value of the Great Barrier Reef to Australia," said Hamish Kelly, head of global banking, Australia at HSBC. "Nature-based solutions are important in the transition to net zero carbon and partnerships like this - between governments, the private ...

Social issues and climate dominate engagement: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... return, signified by the number of resolutions being brought to company AGMs around the world, Colton said. "We saw that the nature of the proposals continue to evolve, and disclosure continues to improve around the way the companies are thinking about ...

Regulator appoints first head of climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... board member, made a landmark speech in which he emphasised "[s]ome climate risks are distinctly 'financial' in nature. Many of these risks are foreseeable, material and actionable now. Climate risks also have potential system-wide implications ...

Investors to develop tool to measure biodiversity impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... quantifies the impact on biodiversity of corporate across their activities. The tool will help investors to integrate impacts to nature and biodiversity into their risk assessments and research. The tool is also being designed to positively contribute ...

Woolworths commits to ambitious GHG emissions cuts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... refrigeration leakage to 26% below 2015 levels.? The SBTi is a collaboration between the UN Global Compact, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), CDP and the World Resources Institute, designed to drive corporate climate action and independently assess ...