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CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... said that integrating agricultural and environmental management practices to generate market-linked returns "is at the frontier of institutional investing in Australian agriculture." "As agricultural asset managers for institutions there is complete ...

Investment consultants launch net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... consulting firms including two Australian firms have launched the Net Zero Investment Consultants Initiative (NZICI). Frontier, JANA and other investment consultants responsible for advising institutional asset owners on assets of approximately US$10 ...

Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... the German regulators unfold," said Joey Alcock, principal consultant and chair of the responsible investment group at Frontier Advisors. We're very interested to see how this plays out, but it's more about that bigger picture of what it means ...

Local pick-up a key to reducing emissions in e-commerce: Accenture

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... post-pandemic, according to a new report, The Sustainable Last Mile: Faster. Greener. Cheaper." undertaken in collaboration with Frontier Economics. If retailers focus on green delivery options - using stores as locations for customers to click and collect ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... definition of what that means yet," said Joey Alcock, principal consultant and chair of the responsible investment group at Frontier Advisors. "For example, there's the basic idea of the different types of emissions - Scope 1, 2, 3. I think the ability ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 'commoditised' strategies with very well-established technologies and low development risk at one end of the spectrum and 'frontier' strategies at the other. There has also been a "general reduction in the expected returns, particularly for conventional ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... activities to distribute," he said. "But it's going to get tricky if you have a cold chain requirement in an emerging/frontier market, it's a big challenge. Further complicating distribution of vaccines is that each country is developing plans ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... innovative and specialist sustainable and impact investment solutions, drawing on over 20 years of experience at the frontier of responsible investment. Pendal's hiring of Lecourt and Sharma is the second since Regnan expanded into investment management ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... performance in mind and are incorporating ESG policies into their decision-making, asset consultants told FS Sustainability. Frontier Advisors believes that considering ESG-related risks are in line with more sustainable long-term returns for superannuation ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... know how that data is being utilised," said Joey Alcock, principal consultant, chair of responsible investment group, Frontier Advisors. "Different fund managers are going to have different approaches. For example, the degree to which things are more ...