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NGS Super taps Robeco for global equities ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... approximately $750 million, constituting approximately 22% of the $13 billion super fund's total global equities portfolio. The developed markets enhanced indexing mandate is customised to meet the fund's 2030 net zero target and interim 2025 ...

Fidelity bolsters ESG skills

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... 300 listed companies in Australia on ESG and sustainability initiatives. Before working at Macquarie, she was a senior portfolio analyst at an impact investing fund and a senior associate covering equity capital markets at Citigroup Australia. While ...

Frasers Property inks fresh sustainability-linked loans

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Frasers Property Limited has locked in sustainability-linked finance for the totality of its Australian property portfolio, with pricing linked to the property developer's net zero targets. The five-year $340 million sustainability linked loan (SLL) ...

Investor Group on Climate Change creates executive leadership position

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has hired an industry stalwart for the newly created position of director of investor practice. Duncan Paterson joins IGCC from ISS ESG, where he was the global head of ISS ESG's ESG thought leadership program. ...

Climate change to shape economy long-term: Forum

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The "existential crisis" of climate change, equality and equity of workforce participation in the economy and the aging population are all issues that will affect the budget, markets, and the shape of Australia's economy. Speaking at the Financial ...

How smart approaches to decarbonisation can generate alpha

TRAVIS WHITMORE  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
Institutional investors are stripping emissions from their portfolios at an increasing pace Our data shows that from January 2019 to January 2021, global institutional portfolios reduced their carbon intensity by 25 percent. Research from State Street ...

ASIC issues Indigenous Financial Services Framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... engagement with organisations in the financial services sector but beyond this, the learnings are transferrable to all portfolio companies."

ISSB standards do not introduce increased risk for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) climate and sustainability-related accounting standards will not bring increased liability risks for company directors and directors should not need a "safe harbour" provision, according to a new ...

Alphinity launches sustainable ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... based on their Global Sustainable Equity Fund. The Alphinity Global Sustainable Equity Fund (XASG) is a diversified portfolio of 25-40 leading global sustainable listed companies that Alphinity deems as having a "net positive alignment" to the 17 United ...

Podcast: Building climate impact with Bloom

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023  |  NEWS
... retail investors access to climate-related impact investments. Fintech Bloom Impact offers access to a diversified growth portfolio of assets that meet climate impact goals with a minimum investment of $500. We talk about designing to open climate impact ...