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Finance "misunderstanding" risk of nature loss

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... The Wilderness Society found that deforestation and nature loss in Australia is predominantly being funded by European and North American interests through shareholdings, and the majority of that funding is going into the forest assets, mining, and farming ...

Social license or social-washing - weighing the value of public statements on the Voice

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Many companies and investors have come out with public statements on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with some questioning the effectiveness - and appropriateness - of such statements. Corporates are evaluating whether ...

Investments at risk: Finance "out of step" with climate science

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
Financial institutions, central banks, regulators and governments underestimate the economic damages of climate change because they don't consider climate tipping points. Methodologies that guide the finance world should be corrected as a matter ...

UniSuper invests with NorthStar Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
UniSuper has awarded a $50 million mandate to a specialist impact equities fund manager. UniSuper has appointed NorthStar Impact as a specialist external listed equities manager. NorthStar Impact invests in listed Australian and New Zealand companies ...

NextEnergy Capital's ESG solar fund raises $480 million at first close

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... targets mid double-digit returns in solar PV and energy storage infrastructure assets within the OECD, including in Europe, North America, and Chile. Projects are backed by long-term stable cash flows, leveraging OECD-based PPA experience, as well as ...

Executive appointment roundup: State Street, ANZ

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... expanded her corporate finance role to provide dedicated support for increased sustainable finance activity in ANZ's North America business.

ANZ augments sustainable finance team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... has expanded her corporate finance role to provide dedicated support for increased sustainable finance activity in ANZ's North America business. "These new appointments will help build ANZ's capacity and expertise in our home markets and offshore, particularly ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... my clients to get competitive advantage?'," Soojin Kim, head of ESG research at Preqin said. Despite Europe's and North America's dominance in ESG fundraising and impact investing respectively, the term has been a point of contention with ...

Infrastructure funds challenge private equity in ESG race

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... revealed over a threefold increase in aggregate capital raising from US$29.4 billion in 2020 to $92 billion in 2022. In North America, ESG capital raised nearly doubled from $9 billion to $17 billion; and in Asia $1 billion to $12 billion. For US-based ...

Snapshot: The rapid evolution of sustainable investing in Asia

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... on communicating ESG policies among Asian corporates. This figure is on par with the global average and slightly ahead of North America, the global investment specialist found. "It's not particularly well-appreciated that the amount of ESG regulation ...