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UNEP FI select Oliver Wyman, Mercer as expert advisers on TCFD-related project

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... related to physical risks under different climate scenarios. Oliver Wyman will leverage its expertise in stress testing and credit risk measurement to help banks assess and mitigate climate risk, drawing upon Mercer's climate scenario risk tool, which ...

New Forests to sell carbon credits via Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017  |  NEWS
New Forests' Tasmanian portfolio company Forico and CO2 Australia will sell carbon credits to the Australian government via the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). David Brand, New Forests CEO The federal government recently approved a plantation forestry ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... Funds Management began organising another campaign to engage with Australia's big four banks to eliminate the use of its credit cards for the operation of online gambling accounts. Walsh said the campaigns have gained traction with government and business ...

ESG integration comes into its own in fixed income portfolios: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... (L-R: Loren Sageser, Product Strategist - ESG, PIMCO; Mervyn Tang, Vice President ESG Research, MSCI; Yen Wong, Head of Credit Research, Altius Asset Management; Moderator: Laurence Davison, Managing Editor, Kanga News. Not pictured: Tessa Dann, Associate ...

EVs, autonomous vehicles, transport as a service to disrupt cities, economy: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... stable streams of revenue to investors. Zoe Whitton, Australia equities -environmental, social and governance research, Credit Suisse, said that she and her colleagues have been analysing the impact of EV, autonomous vehicles and TaaS and their impact ...

ANZ Bank identifies climate change as component within credit risk, talks TCFD guidelines in 2017 Annual Review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
ANZ Group has identified climate change as component within credit risk, which it identified as a material risk to its business in its 2017 Annual Review. ANZ has provided further details of its carbon strategy, management, metrics and targets as aligned ...

Climate Bonds Initiative analyses bond issuance from second quarter 2017

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... president for sustainable investing, Pax World. "It is nice to see that green bonds are in demand, as well as information on credit spreads and performance. All of it speaks to the market for green bonds continuing to be strong, and we're going to need ...

Carbon Market Institute calls for clarity in safeguard mechanism, Emissions Reduction Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2017  |  NEWS
... it will become apparent if any facilities have exceeded their baselines and are required to purchase Australian Carbon Credit Units, Castellas said. CMI is also calling on the government to increase funding to the ERF to ensure the continuity of the ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance, NAB mark 5th anniversary of Good Money launch

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... cost of a product. If you're a teller in a branch and someone comes through the door to you and is in search of a loan or credit card, we have a pathway to provide them to provide an alternative. Instead of a no, it's we can't, but there are a range ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... fairly broadbased and not proscriptive. "It makes the conversation a priority," said Zoe Whitton, a research analyst at Credit Suisse. "The TCFD doesn't prescribe, so even if it becomes a standard, you're still going to have a huge range of outcomes. ...