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Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... 'commoditised' strategies with very well-established technologies and low development risk at one end of the spectrum and 'frontier' strategies at the other. There has also been a "general reduction in the expected returns, particularly for conventional ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... activities to distribute," he said. "But it's going to get tricky if you have a cold chain requirement in an emerging/frontier market, it's a big challenge. Further complicating distribution of vaccines is that each country is developing plans ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... innovative and specialist sustainable and impact investment solutions, drawing on over 20 years of experience at the frontier of responsible investment. Pendal's hiring of Lecourt and Sharma is the second since Regnan expanded into investment management ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... performance in mind and are incorporating ESG policies into their decision-making, asset consultants told FS Sustainability. Frontier Advisors believes that considering ESG-related risks are in line with more sustainable long-term returns for superannuation ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... know how that data is being utilised," said Joey Alcock, principal consultant, chair of responsible investment group, Frontier Advisors. "Different fund managers are going to have different approaches. For example, the degree to which things are more ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... opportunities is the subject of biodiversity, which is an area of focus for Robeco. "Biodiversity is the new emerging frontier in sustainable investing" van Lamoen said. "What is very important for the industry is to get a clear framework on how to measure ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investment Group (IIG) has named Amanda Goodman head of capital raising and investor relations. Goodman joined IIG in 2014 as one of the fund's early hires. She has previously worked as head of syndication. The new title "reflects how Amanda's ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... and as a member of the Australian Investments business leadership team. Prior to Willis Towers Watson, she worked at Frontier Advisors for two and a half years. "I am delighted to be working with Lighthouse Infrastructure in the role of investment director," ...

Hendrik van Calcar steps down as director of Qantas Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the considerations of ESG factors in the corporate super's investing," according to Qantas Super. "We are now on the frontier of being able to take another step forward on ESG," van Calcar said. "I feel proud about giving that more energy than it's had ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... in microfinance and impact investing and manages approximately US$3.5 billion in assets and operates in emerging and frontier markets worldwide. It was founded in 2001 and was the world's first commercial manager of microfinance debt investments. "The ...