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Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... additionality, is not only a more thoughtful scoring methodology based on what investors are looking for when they're investing in a security," Wallace said. "R-Factor is leveraging globally accepted and transparent standards, SASB (the Sustainability ...

EdTech sector shows investment, impact opportunities: Credit Suisse

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... parts of the educational journey," Gifford said. There are strong implications for seeing EdTech as an area of impact investing - access to quality education is the fourth of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and SDG 4 focuses on ensuring inclusive ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... at the University of NSW and has completed a number of post-graduate industry courses on climate change risk, impact investing and sustainability including from the CFA Institute and the United Nations University. Pradhananga joins the firm from Allan ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... and executing our ESG strategy since 2011 and Emma will continue to develop and maintain our commitment to responsible investing. She will be focusing on the firm's ESG policies and the application of this within the Australian and Asian equities strategy ...

Australian impact investing market nearly triples in past two years: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
The Australian market for impact investing has nearly tripled over the past two years, from $5.7 billion to $19.9 billion, according to a new study from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). Hanna Ebeling, chief executive officer ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... emergency. "Investors are certainly realising more and more - and maybe COVID-19 has been a trigger for some of that - that investing in a sustainable and ethical way sis actually not only the right thing to do in terms of aligning with people's values ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... the development of a sustainable global economy," said Ama Seery, ESG analyst at Janus Henderson. "[The fund] avoids investing in companies that the investment manager considers to potentially have a negative impact on the development of a sustainable ...

ESG focus on climate change, income inequality: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... fund manager to factor climate change into analysts' evaluation. Maria Elena Drew, Director of Research, Responsible Investing at T. Rowe Price T.Rowe Price noted in its report that climate change risk is rising, but longer-term vulnerabilities are masked ...

IFM Investors report carbon emission reduction in Australian infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... emissions across its Australian infrastructure portfolio in the 2018/2018 financial year. Chris Newton, head of responsible investing at IFM Investors. The IFM Investors' FY 2019 Australian Infrastructure Carbon Footprint Summary report, which has been ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Street Associates State Street Associates recently released a paper, conducing analysis into the intersection of ESG investing and securities investing. Securities lending arrangements permits the beneficial owner of a security to lend it for a specified ...