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Ethinvest opens Canberra office with industry heavyweight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Ethical investment advisory firm Ethinvest has a new office in Canberra as adviser Dave Rae joins the firm. Rae joins Ethinvest from Federated Financial Services. "I'd estimate that at the moment, probably 80% or higher of my clients are in some way ...

HSBC funds blue carbon projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC is funding two new blue carbon projects - one relating to the Great Barrier Reef, the other to establish a framework for an investment fund. Each project builds on previous work funded by HSBC and aims to establish "the most effective way to harness ...

Emmi launches Carbon Intelligence platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Fintech and carbon risk solution company Emmi has launched Carbon Intelligence, a platform designed to assist investors in analysing carbon transition risk and opportunity in a portfolio. Carbon Intelligence applies Emmi's proprietary Global Carbon ...

Webinar: Do ESG portfolios outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
ESG funds are currently attracting $8 billion in new money each quarter, according to Plan for Life. Rainmaker Information's December 2021 Rainmaker Roundup report found that 11% of the Australian market is managed according to ESG strategies, with ...

Redpoint poaches PMs from ART

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Redpoint Investment Management has poached from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to augment its impact investing capability. Hunter Page and Chris Parks join Redpoint as portfolio managers. At ART, Page was responsible for managing the socially responsible ...

Calls to strengthen Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australia's Modern Slavery Act is under review for impact and effectiveness, and investors have a role to play in both potentially strengthening the statutory obligations as well as impacting on an issue that is getting worse globally. A panel of experts ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Biodiversity is a quickly emerging risk and opportunity for investors and companies, but addressing the materiality of ecosystem and dependencies is complex and goes to the heart of finance, according to a panel of experts. There is a clear drive to ...

New gas projects at risk under strong climate action: IGCC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
New Australian gas projects may have weaker returns if countries and companies implement policies in accordance with 1.5°C, Paris-aligned climate scenarios, according to research by the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC). IGCC's new report ...

Australian Ethical names heavyweights to investment committee

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical has made three senior hires for its investment committee. Sean Henaghan is the current CIO of Aurora Capital and former CIO of AMP Capital Multi-Asset Group, and has proven leadership of a substantial investment business with over ...

Alcoa alumina refining project receives ARENA funding

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Western Australia's Clean Energy Future Fund (CEFF) have backed a pilot by Alcoa of Australia to trial new carbon reduction technology in refining. Alcoa of Australia will test electric calcination ...