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ASX300 upping the ante on ESG reporting: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... women on executive leadership teams, gender pay gap targets and reconciliation action plans. The Melior Australian Impact Fund has underperformed the ASX300 total return index, returning -12.7% for the past year versus -6.8% for the ASX300 Total Return ...

US SEC proposes new disclosure for ESG funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... "As for the categorisation of the investment strategy - again, we do this [under RIAA Certification] - are you an impact fund, are you just doing negative screening. They've ticked off the having clear information in prospectuses and annual reports. ...

CEFC backs soil health technology platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... and policymakers, CEFC said. Other backers include Perivoli Innovations and Australian investor Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund. Downforce is led by a team including chief scientific officer Jacquie McGlade, a former chief scientist of the UN Environment ...

The challenge of evaluating impact investing's fundamentals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Defining positive impact is a challenge for investors, and advisers need to evaluate fund managers' impact claims against their intentionality, the measurability of social or environmental impact, and the manager's contribution towards that impact ...

Conscious Investment Management expands investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... one-and two-bedroom apartments around Melbourne. The investment is cornerstoned by the Conscious Investment Management Impact Fund. Conscious Investment Management's investors include the Paul Ramsay Foundation and Future Super. The impact fund focuses ...

American Century launches small cap fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... 15.48% in the last year. Zurich Financial Services Australia offers a local version of the strategy, the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by American Century Investments The strategy is linked to Sustainable Development Goal 3 - Good Health and ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... sustainable development and facilitate regular issuance." In the area of impact investing, Kuek pointed to UBS's oncology impact fund. Clients have invested US$650 million in MPM Capital's Oncology Impact Fund 2 (OIF 2), an impact investing initiative ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... there is an expectation that there will be more regulation of ESG products. Zurich in 2020 launched the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by global fund manager American Century Investments. The Zurich Investments Healthcare Impact Fund is designed ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
Global Impact Initiative (GII) has launched an actively managed equity impact investment fund focused on women and girls, available to retail investors. The Global Gender Equality Fund is the world's first, actively managed, impact investment fund ...

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... made the allocation to the Transforming Farming Platform alongside an initial $50 million from global agricultural impact fund the Kempen SDG Farmland Fund. The platform will be managed by Gunn Agri Partners, an Australian-based specialist agricultural ...