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"War for talent": ESG professionals in high demand

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability for 12 years, I've never seen it like this." In addition to demand to increase in-house capabilities, the impact of having closed borders for 18 months has also hit the local supply of candidates, Evans said. "This is a war for talent. ...

Wayfinding for deeper engagement in ethical investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... practices to ethical investment can help advisers with navigating issues including reducing risk, increasing returns by adding impact and having a more fulfilling journey, Rodger Spiller noted in the webinar. Rodger Spiller also spoke of a "Four Ps" ...

Kilter Rural in $70m mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... about how they are managing those risks." Kilter Rural was established in 2004 and manages agricultural assets with an impact investment approach in that they invest at scale in the regeneration of farmland, water and environmental assets. It currently ...

Rest outlines net zero scenario, impacts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... net-zero emissions by 2050 plan, and an increase in investments around renewable energy, low-carbon solutions assets, and impact investments. We also advocate for a 'Just Transition' for those communities affected by the change to a lower-carbon ...

NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... more price sensitive price fluctuations are," Jenkins said. "By reducing the credit spread, that can have a significant impact on the cost that is being borne or the marked to market value of a derivative."

CEFC in $50m agri-platform investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... CEFC made the allocation to the Transforming Farming Platform alongside an initial $50 million from global agricultural impact fund the Kempen SDG Farmland Fund. The platform will be managed by Gunn Agri Partners, an Australian-based specialist agricultural ...

Climate change "a first-order risk": RBA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle called climate change "a first-order risk for the financial system", with broad-ranging impacts on Australia. Debelle also warned while there has only been "isolated examples" of divestment from ...

HESTA, Lendlease back First Nations initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... out where our activities were best placed so that investors didn't face that risk anymore," said Mary Delahunty, head of impact at HESTA, which has joined the initiative. "The risk we found was not so much social license, which is sort of a nebulous ...

Conscious Investment Management invests in Victorian development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
Impact investment manager Conscious Investment Management has partnered with a community housing associated and a Victorian state government agency to fund the acquisition of hundreds of social and affordable housing units in Melbourne. The investment ...

Wayfinding for Ethical Investment

RODGER SPILLER  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... two-dimensional approach of solely 'risk and return' is being challenged by the addition of a third dimension; impact. An ethical investor's purpose is to make money and make a difference. Making this journey into three-dimensional investing ...