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ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Wroblewski. Mazen said the team focuses on investment thesis, valuation, risk assessment, as well as ESG factors, to select high-quality businesses, with sustainable growth characteristics trading at a discount. "We then diversify the portfolio along ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... global markets, and we need to be ready to meet that change at every step of its development. To do that, we must maintain high standards of governance and disclosure," Longo said. "We understand that there will obviously be a period of transition as ...

Proxy voting targets DEI and pay

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... improving long-term investment returns and is a crucial avenue to address concerns around financially material ESG factors. Of high concern is DEI metrics. The team voted against 4% of committee members nominations in the past 12 months, due to concerns ...

ESG professionals' salary guide revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Increasing demand for a better work-life balance has seen many ESG professionals looking to make a job switch, the newest Kaizen Recruitment salary guide found. The survey found there were multiple reasons why an ESG professional might be considering ...

J.P. Morgan vows $2.5 tn for sustainable development

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The US banking giant will bolster its sustainable development financing through to the end of the decade, including $1 trillion for green initiatives. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co estimates that the allocation of capital needed to fund the net zero transition ...

Investors back climate disclosure mandate

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... back the laws. The IGCC calls on Canberra to legislate an International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)-aligned and high-quality reporting framework. The group said in a statement: "We recognise that the move towards ISSB-based aligned standards ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... financial backing and a proven track record. "The investment supports UniSuper's strategy to develop smart partnerships with high quality, aligned managers to complement our in-house investment capability," he said. MGECO targets a portfolio that ...

RIAA: Green bonds broaden investor appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
ESG-focused financial advisers entering the industry this year are joining at the right time, with a sturdier set of green bonds for client portfolios thanks to imminent EU laws. Sustainable investing decisions made locally are partly shaped by what's ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Climate Energy Finance (CEF) says buildings are the "low-hanging fruit" that make up the lion's share of the big four banks' sustainable finance target (SFT) of $385 billion by 2030 - while just 7% flows to financing clean energy and hard-to-abate sectors. ...

Sandon Capital to buy carbon farms

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024  |  NEWS
An activist fund has lobbed a $11.6 million cash takeover bid for a majority stake in 30 Western Australian carbon farms. Carbon Conscious Investments (CCI) holds carbon property rights to nearly 17,000 hectares of Mallee trees plantation in the WA ...