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NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... increasingly important topic of engagement for investors in A2 Milk, with a spokesman for the A2 Milk Company noting that asset owners are instructing their fund managers to engage with companies, and that there has been a strong uptick in asset managers ...

State Street launches ESG service for securities lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... reaffirm their attention to socially-responsible yet prudent investing through a securities lending program." As asset owners continue to integrate ESG into their investment and operations processes, including those considerations into securities lending ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... and resilient future." "The asset management industry plays an important role as an advisor, at the nexus between asset owners and corporations," said Larry Fink, chairman and chief executive officer, BlackRock. "Helping investors prepare their portfolios ...

What's in a name: evaluating the goals behind net zero targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... absolute target of no carbon emissions. However, there is no legal or regulated definition for these concepts, and asset owners and fund managers have disclosed differing ways of reaching their goal. That's natural, given that superannuation funds ...

Investors seek renewable energy infrastructure: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... infrastructure investments has continued to rise, according to research from bfinance. A growing number of institutional asset owners are seeking ESG-related 'thematic investments' and/or 'impact investments' that explicitly aim to deliver positive non-financial ...

Assessing climate risk in corporate bond portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... why in our framework we set a five-year carbon-reduction target." Engagement can be part of this process, allowing asset owners to speak with issuers of credit that is already in their portfolio about forward-looking targets. "The engagement bit is more ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... in relation to social and corporate governance matters including diversity," bfinance said. Nearly half - 46% - of asset owners globally say that ESG considerations are now of "high importance" to their investment approach while 39% say they're of "moderate ...

Rio leadership overhaul aimed at restoring trust, license to operate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... law. Rio Tinto has faced significant backlash for the destruction at Juukan Gorge, with institutional investors and asset owners around the world condemning the incident and calling for change. HESTA, the $56 billion industry fund for health and community ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... companies with low scores. Conversely, low scoring companies significantly underperformed the ASX200. Investors and asset owners are engaging with companies on conduct, management of intangible assets such as social license to operate and whether companies ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... private capital efficiently and effectively for natural capital opportunities. The alliance aims to attract both asset owners and asset managers to create scaled investment in natural capital investments through the following goals: mobilise US$10 billion ...

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