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KPMG Australia acquires Action Sustainability Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... are greater opportunities to assess risk and sustainability opportunities around human rights as technology progresses and data improves, Boele said. "We're seeing, internally, enormous speed with which we're applying technology to better answer that ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... London Stock Exchange Group. Sylvain Chateau, Co-Founder, Beyond Ratings Beyond Ratings is a provider of fixed income ESG data, and is exploring how "climate transition risks correspond to the risks of economic dislocation and financial losses associated ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Real estate investor and manager Cromwell Property Group reports that their sustainability strategy is focused on "improving performance through a structured, responsible and balanced pathway to sustained success," in their 2019 sustainability report. ...

Future IM/Pact builds database of female students interested in finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... analytical roles - medicine, technology, economics, investment banking, any of that cores kill set in critical thinking and data analysis, and we will do research to understand what it will take to appeal to that market and bring them to the investment ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... another finding of the survey - in China and the U.S., 77% and 58% of firms, respectively, indicated intangible assets like data, software and brands have become more important than physical assets over the last three years. By comparison, only 50% of ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... areas in the economy, we can start by looking critically in those sectors. In many of those companies, we have really good data, such as emissions data, both self-reported and estimated by a whole variety of data vendors at this point, and we have that ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... manager is also developing an ESG scoring framework that will utilise in-house research on the materiality of ESG factors, data science and artificial intelligence. A launch date for the system has not been established, but it will draw upon research ...

Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... "could be attributed to Australian investors' increased awareness of climate change," Cerulli suggested. Cerulli pointed to data from the Lowy Institute poll for 2019, showing that "for the first time in its 15-year history, climate change topped the ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolio." First Sentier has identified SDG thematics in the sustainable infrastructure fund, but Myatt noted that disclosure of data relating to the underlying targets of the specified goals is "patchy," and requires significant analysis to determine ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable investment, Asia Pacific, FTSE Russell Fung will be responsible for FTSE Russell's Sustainable Investment indexes and data services across the Asia Pacific region, including engaging with clients on a range of products and data to support ...