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Investors considering their options in voting at Westpac AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing act relating to money coming in and out of Australia from Europe and Asia. Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer has resigned, Chairman Lindsay Maxsted has announced he will retire from his role early, and risk ...

Sexual harassment a potential investment, financial risk in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
With material human rights issues rising on the agenda for companies and their investors, non-governmental organisations are flagging sexual harassment in garment factories as a source of risk, both in terms of productivity losses and reputational risks ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... BlueOrchard, and he move will see BlueOrchard leverage existing relationships that Schroders has in Australia and across the Asia Pacific to meet increased interest in impact investing. "From a broader Schroders perspective the two businesses have had ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... levels of financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, digital disruption and government relations - especially in Asia. Their insights and networks will be invaluable as LeapFrog continues to grow dozens of purpose-driven companies that are reshaping ...

Sustainalytics rates unmanaged ESG risk in ASX200

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... positioned compared to global index benchmarks, in terms of slightly less unmanaged risk," said Enrico Colombo, senior associate, Asia-Pacific research, Sustainalytics. "We assess two dimensions - one is companies' absolute exposure to ESG risks, the ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments hires Danielle Welsh-Rose

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Investments Welsh-Rose will support the integration of ESG factors into ASI investment decision-making in Australia and across Asia-Pacific as well as advocate the importance of ESG capabilities with clients and potential clients across the region. Welsh-Rose ...

Amundi focuses on green private credit market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... what we're trying to do." Amundi is also partnering with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on a US$500-million Asia Climate Bond Portfolio, aimed at "accelerat[ing] climate action in the Bank's members and address the underdevelopment of ...

AXA IM to launch fourth impact investing strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... consumers in emerging markets. The private market strategy will focus on regions including Latin America, South and South East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa and will seek to raise between US$300-US$400 million. Within healthcare this will include the ...

Q&A with Pablo Berrutti on launch of Altiorem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Group, at Stewart Investors. He moved to his position earlier this year after working as head of responsible investment, Asia Pacific at Colonial First State Global Asset Management for seven years. He is also the founder of Altiorem, an online library ...

Australia's green bond issuance tops $15 billion: Climate Bonds Initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... cumulative domestic green bond issuance reached $15.6 billion as of the end of June 2019, placing Australia third in the Asia-Pacific region behind China (US$91.5 billion) and Japan (US$12.4 billion) and in front of South Korea at fourth (US$6.7 billion) ...