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Signs of a "greenium" in bond market: Climate Bond Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... massive portfolio transformation to ESG," said Francois Millet, head of ETF strategy, ESG and innovation at Lyxor Asset Management: "ETFs, which invest in largest investment grade EUR and USD issuances provide exposure to the most liquid segment of the ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has developed a carbon transition investment framework to identify and reduce climate risks in corporate bond portfolios. The framework has been developed to assist insurance and superannuation fund clients in particular ...

Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... due diligence related to direct equity investments. "The cost of doing the due diligence is high, and in the asset management world you get paid on basis points per dollar invested," Moffitt said. "The cost of due diligence can be prohibitive, which ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management and two international fund managers have founded an initiative to accelerate investment in natural capital. The Natural Capital Investment Alliance has been established by the Prince of Wales as part of his ...

Green loans to finance light rail, battery storage

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Investments and Mitsubishi Corporation. Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) head of infrastructure investment and asset management - Australia and New Zealand Bill Haughey said ASI was proud to be involved in the project. "Canberra's light rail network ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
A BNP Paribas Asset Management equity fund is using long/short strategies to identify in companies that are either finding opportunities in, or facing, the challenges that come with climate change and the global transition to a lower carbon economy. ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... reports are reflected in managers' policies and processes. Recent reports by fund managers including J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Robeco and Northern Trust have addressed climate change in particular as an impact on long term investment outlooks. These ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... reductions in line with the Paris Agreements, investors are already seeing impacts on valuations, according to Acadian Asset Management. Acadian is a global quantitative fund manager that integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) data into ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... September 2020 and operates in Germany, Europe, the Americas and Asia. "We want to take a leading role in ESG in the asset management industry and are already making ESG the core of everything we do," said Asoka Wohrmann, CEO of DWS. "It is thrilling ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... Investors, Schroders, Aberdeen Standard Investments, ACSI, Perennial Value Management, Maple-Brown Abbott, Platypus Asset Management, American Century Investments, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO), Ausbil Investment Management Limited, Fidelity ...