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Help on nature, climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
A US$20 trillion nature reporting project improves interoperability; accounting body placates concerned investors. Nature-related disclosures Top standards-setter the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) wants to help its 14,000 signatories align with ...

Mercer Super cops landmark $11.3m greenwashing penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... Investments Australia (MIAL) as its implementation consultant. "These allocations were then implemented through specific asset classes. The implementation and ongoing management of the asset allocations was delegated by Mercer to the chief investment ...

Pension fund dumps ESG benchmark for passive investments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), one of the largest managers of retirement savings in the world, has dumped the ESG index it had been using for its passive investments in previous years. In March, the fund said it has decided to change ...

Systems thinking to drive alpha, tackle systemic threats

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... also worried about financial system robustness, biodiversity loss, cyber-attacks, and AI. "There is a rocky road ahead for asset owners. All investors should prepare for a bumpier ride by building more resilience into their organisation - thinking ahead ...

Gender lens investing to receive $1.5bn injection

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... compared to those issued in the market," said Xuan Sheng Ou Yong, sustainable fixed income lead, Asia Pacific, at BNP Paribas Asset Management. He said that the small size makes sense because it could be potentially challenging for a sovereign to find ...

Quinbrook closes clean energy capital raise at $3bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... the close demonstrates investor confidence in Quinbrook's active management strategy focused on project development, asset creation, and business platform growth. "We seek higher 'value add' returns from infrastructure opportunities offered ...

Asset managers fast track portfolio targets

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... financial risks of climate change, according to a group of 325 investors with over US$57.5 trillion AUM. The group - Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) - aims to decarbonise portfolios by 2050 or sooner, to curb warming to 1.5°C in line with the Paris Agreement ...

ACCR cuts ties with Rio Tinto

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... mandates to align with the climate science, Buckley said. The Global Standard on Corporate Climate Lobbying, the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZOA), and the Climate Action 100+ are working to ensure corporate lobbying are both transparently reported ...

ISS ESG to plug emissions data shortfall for banks, insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2024  |  NEWS
... NGFS, and the UNEP OECM. These metrics include portfolio-level Implied Temperature Rise, which would help investors and asset owners allocate capital to businesses that are more adept at managing their climate risk goals. The regulatory deadlines imposed ...

IFM, ASX-listed firms bet on renewable fuels

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024  |  NEWS
... transport sector, including aviation as well as heavy and long-haul transport," they said. IFM Investors global head of asset management Danny Elia: "As a major investor in airports, we have a significant interest in facilitating cleaner flying, so we ...