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ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... climate change being under-reported". The ISSB concedes that limitations to the current disclosure practices are holding back global disclosures. It recently announced new priority research initiatives related to nature-related and human capital risks ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... for market exposures, and 25.3% for industry-adjusted returns. The data is the latest release from Scientific Beta, the global index solutions provider that focuses on smart factor, ESG and climate. Scientific Beta is a subsidiary of the Singapore Exchange ...

AXA IM releases engagement data

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Climate and corporate governance were the biggest areas of focus for the leading global asset manager, which ramped up its engagement activities by 14% on the previous year. AXA Investment Managers, with €844 billion AUM, made 681 engagements with ...

Podcast: Timber talks - Cultivating natural capital with Sarah Clawson

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
This episode of The Greener Way, we hear from Sarah Clawson, Global Head of Investor Relations at New Forests - an international investment manager of nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies. Join senior journalist and host Rose Mary ...

BlackRock-Temasek closes at US$1.4 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, insurance, corporates and family offices across the US, Europe and APAC. Meghan Sharp, global head of Decarbonization Partners said: "Decarbonization Partners was deliberately set up as a purpose-built entity that ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Most asset owners estimate that poor investment governance could increase portfolio costs by 1% or more annually, according to a joint report by KPMG and Frontier Advisors. The report, which surveyed 22 asset owners in the local investment industry ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... it comes to nature and biodiversity. There are also significant hurdles created by the challenges of untangling complex global supply chains. "Nature-related dependencies are the source of risk to an organisation because they are location-specific. It's ...

Disability inclusion is a financial issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... general population - so inclusion in corporate strategy and product design presents substantial opportunities for investors. Global studies show that people with disabilities stay in jobs longer, make fewer workers' compensation claims and are better ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... how technology can easily poke holes on bad data, or lack of them. Conversely, technology can accelerate collection and global standardisation of data and metrics, which will make it painfully clear which companies deliver real value and which ones destroy ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... reaches out to investors to do better. RIAA has come together with the First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance and UN Global Compact Network to produce comprehensive guides on FPIC and First Nations Heritage. Rachel Perkins, founder of Blackfella ...