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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 ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... bad," Verwey said. "Debt can help pay for essential items, buy a house, pay for education, and even within our impact investing portfolio, we provide debt through microfinance, helping people get out of poverty, or to access renewable energy. Where we ...

Strong fund flows into sustainable products: BT

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainable products is growing, advisers are getting more comfortable about the more interesting products like impact investing. We are definitely seeing more people investing in some of the impact products that are available on Panorama." The selection ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... we benefit from disruption and innovation in a post-pandemic world and there's a lovely intersection with impact investing as well," said Neuberger Berman Australian managing director Paul O'Halloran. The Impact Fund is backed by global investors ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... with 72% of Australian respondents believing it is important to consider ESG parameters in their portfolios and impact investing expected to grow 14% by 2024, reaching an average adoption level of 43% (higher than the global average of 35%)." This is ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... clients' appetite for products in the ethical space. Moving from conversation to action, and looking at whether impact investing is a space that is accessible to retail investors are two topics for discussion at sessions during the forthcoming Responsible ...

Consultant launches responsible investment index for manager selection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... integration, negative screening, norms-based screening, active ownership, positive screening, thematic investing and impact investing, integrating principles outlined by RIAA and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. The index was developed to ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... developing the investment memorandum, and they can adapt the work to our format." Selth noted that the idea of impact investing and impact businesses is evolving. He called the first state Impact 1.0, which he labelled a type of philanthropy. Impact ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... process when selecting external GP managers, said Jennifer Signori, managing director - private equity, ESG and impact investing. "Diversity and inclusion is a key part of the S or Social component in ESG and we look for indicators around human capital ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... this a "major challenge." Investors are also finding difficulties in validating the investment case for ESG or impact investing and more than 50% experience difficulties in finding external asset managers that align well with their ESG approach. "The ...