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Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... classes and product lines, according to UBS. As of the end of September 2021, UBS's sustainability focus and Impact investing assets grew by 63% to US$207 billion, said Desmond Kuek, head of sustainable finance, Asia Pacific and global head of sustainable ...

GII launch gender equality impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021  |  NEWS
... our business mission and vision," said GII founder and CEO Giles Gunesekera. "We're all about mainstreaming impact investing and doing it at scale. We wanted to develop a fund that had the ability to scale, but was also very, very focused on ensuring ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... these trends, providing an important new investment option for the growing number of investors who recognise that impact investing can be positive for returns." Future Super founder and CEO Simon Sheikh said the super fund was pleased to work with the ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Venture capital is pushing further into the impact investing sector, with one VC firm announcing a second impact fund while a second VC firm announces a responsible investment policy. Giant Leap, which pioneered the first impact VC fund in Australia ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... next generation, and I want to manage this in an ethical way." Given that many of investments associated with impact investing are out of range for all but high net worth investors, it is still possible for investors to access a positive social or environmental ...

Evergreen launches responsible investment fund index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... screening; norms-based screening; active ownership; positive screening; sustainability-themed investments; and impact investing. Evergreen Consultants director Angela Ashton explained that there are two ways to assess a fund manager's responsible investment ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... entitled Building Back Better, which gives a sense of where we are at the world at this time," said Pengana Capital impact investing specialist Adam Myers. "The impact reports broadly are designed to show impacts. They're primarily positive, because ...

Leading fund manager scales ESG presence in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... types of strategies within its sustainable investing offering - sustainability inside, Sustainability focused and Impact investing. Sustainability focused strategies have an explicit sustainability policy and target, alongside financial targets. "Expanding ...

Global sustainable investment grows 15%: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... international peers, there will be more to come. We're not done yet." O'Connor pointed to the relative shifts in impact investing, which lost total assets under management in the last two years, and sustainable investing, which gained in the last two ...

Charting a course to net zero: Neuberger Berman

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... that to later," Bailey said. "There are a range of solutions to solve for climate change, including looking at impact investing and so more. It is an area that investors are looking at, but there is more they could be doing in terms of allocating to ...