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Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... any given year, the occurrence of natural events is random," Liu said. "We're not allocating to the peril, we're just building a portfolio that mimics the risk distribution of the global catastrophe reinsurance industry." While the majority of Amundi's ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "There's no doubt that ESG is now a central consideration for asset owners, with a large number of investment managers building their own capabilities in this area," Harrison said. "Investment managers are responding to the growing demand across all ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... medium-sized superannuation funds, as well as religious funds, endowments and foundations, Mather said. "BlueOrchard has been building and scaling its operation for nearly two decades and in doing so, contributed to the overall scaling of the impact ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... consistent ESG data, followed by resourcing or cost issues associated with internal integration, infrastructure, knowledge-building and a lack of available ESG talent to manage integration." "That fiduciary duty was cited so highly marks a significant ...

Sustainable Digitalisation Project to set goals for real estate and cities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Indicators, to establish a useful framework for investors. Above those initiatives are five strategic goals - The first is to building awareness on the issues of Sustainable Digitalisation, and the second to build a coalition of leaders across the built ...

Cromwell Property Group on value of sustainability performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... one of the leaders in forming a group of 15 property organisations with PCA, actively engaging in participating in the building, scoping of an industry based response to modern slavery. What that means is that we've gone out to over 700 organisations ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... better forms of capitalism," Gillard said. "I am so pleased to join the Global Leadership Council, supporting LeapFrog in building businesses that empower millions of individuals and grow emerging economies. As the impact investing industry scales from ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... managers aren't integrating that, they won't make it." The second layer is the engagement services via Hermes. "Our role is building a multi-manager portfolio," Gray said. "Thinking from the top-down perspective, we asked ourselves, are we also acting ...

Incorporating climate risk into investing, finance, and insurance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... career working on extreme events, post-event recovery, and promoting societal resilience through things like stronger building codes. Climate risk is a natural extension of that work. Q: How have things changed in the last 10 years around general public ...

AMP Capital launches 2030 ESG strategy for real estate business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
AMP Capital has launched its 2030 ESG strategy for its real estate business, addressing climate change, waste, biodiversity, social impact, accessibility and supply chain sustainability. Chris Nunn, head of sustainability, real estate, at AMP Capital ...