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Climate transition a business opportunity: Geoff Summerhayes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Group, addressed the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) Global Mutual Leaders' Symposium: Mutuality, ESG and Investment "We are facing into a massive industrial transformation on a scale that will exceed the industrial revolution ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... solution that invests across different asset classes. "Not everyone who invests seeks financial advice, and given that many other ESG or ethical funds tend to be single sector, we thought we'd meet that demand by bringing in a multi-asset fund," ...

Merlon Capital hires sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... long-term owners of businesses, said lead portfolio manager Neil Margolis. El-Khoury will support efforts to more deeply integrate ESG-related matters across its Australian equity funds, including the Merlon Australian Share Income Fund. "ESG related ...

Asset consultants keep gates closed on greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... asset consultants are standing close by to ensure fund managers are offering products and services that are true to their ESG label. Media outlets have reported that German asset manager DWS is being investigated by the US Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... abundant areas, which minimised impact on cattle and on financial return, Murphy noted. The agricultural sector also has strong ESG characteristics and the opportunity to contribute to the decarbonisation of the Australian economy, said Macquarie Asset ...

Using the SDGs to develop sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... assets that support the accomplishment of the 17 SDGs, said Georg Kell, founding director, UN Global Compact; Co-Chair, DWS ESG Advisory Board; Speaker, Volkswagen Sustainability Council (GER), speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... VC firm will apply both positive and negative investment screening, reviewing companies' performance metrics related to ESG outcomes in addition to standard financial metrics. "We do look at whether companies are meeting any of the Sustainable Development ...

NAB launches sustainability-linked derivatives

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability linked loans. An SLD has a pricing component tied to the sustainability targets of the underlying bond or loan. "The ESG derivatives are an additional incentive to organisations to set and meet ambitious sustainability improvement targets," ...

Advisers integrating positive impact into investment choices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... bfinance's Wealth Manager Investment Survey, globally, 80% of wealth managers now integrate (or are in the process of integrating) ESG considerations into their wealth clients' portfolios, up from 37% three years ago. 50% integrate impact investment ...

Responsible investment surges past $1tn mark: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... was that an overwhelming majority -89% - of the money that's managed is managed by managers that claim to make some kind of ESG or sustainability claims," Boele said. "We know what the leading practice people are doing, but those that are not doing leading ...