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bfinance hires ESG and responsible investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... bfinance from XPS Pensions Group, where she was head of ESG research. She helped lead the firm's approach to responsible investing and supported clients with integrating ESG considerations into their investment strategies. She was also responsible for ...

Quant manager deploys AI to identify corporate greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... ideally suited to identifying greenwashing because they are data-driven," said Acadian's director of responsible investing Andy Moniz, who is based in their UK affiliate. "This new system enables us to analyse significant amounts of both structured ...

Investor consortium completes Tilt Renewables deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... low-carbon and renewable opportunities," said Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham. "While we've been investing in these sectors for some time, it's increasingly a challenge to do so in the Australian market. "We're constrained by the fact ...

Crescent Wealth announces new shareholder, board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... founded the Peregrine Corporation in 1984. Peregrine Corporation is South Australia's largest privately owned employer, investing in a range of fields. Yassine said attracting a material shareholder and director with Shahin's experience, business success ...

Climate friendly super choice could halve emissions: Australian Ethical

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... collectively result in a carbon footprint reduction that is equal to half the household emissions across all of Australia." Investing the country's $3 trillion pool of super in a climate friendly fund was equivalent "to a lower carbon footprint of around ...

ASI launches APAC sustainability institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Standard Investments (ASI) will launch an Asia Pacific sustainability institute to support the momentum of sustainable investing. The abrdn Sustainability Institute is designed to drive sustainable investing and supporting the buildout of a resilient ...

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 ...

Fostering equity, inclusion key to diversity gains: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... companies, and identify the issues so that we could provide assurances to investors that the activities the companies are investing in and undertaking are likely to deliver." The research finds that efforts to hire candidates from more diverse backgrounds ...

Global fund manager buys Australian forestry asset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... strategy to decarbonise our portfolios around the world, and we have a target to get to zero carbon by 2050," he said. "By investing into forestry, we get that carbon offset from the carbon sequestration, and we can also look at conserving biodiversity ...

Leading fund manager scales ESG presence in Asia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... Singapore to provide localised ESG expertise across the region. This team will be an extension of Robeco's Sustainability Investing Centre of Expertise - a global team of over 35 client portfolio managers. Robeco opened its Singapore office in 2016 ...