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Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... and governance (ESG) factors such as diversity are material economic indicators and Rosenberg Equities is using diversity data to improve its own earnings forecasts", said Ms McDonald. AXA IM manages AU$ 714 billion of ESG-integrated assets under management ...

GPIF selects S&P Down Jones Indices for ESG benchmarks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... Osaka Securities Exchange in Japan. "We are honored to be working with GPIF and JPX to raise market awareness for higher ESG data transparency and disclosure," said Alex Matturri, CEO of S&P Dow Jones Indices. "As the only carbon indices selected by ...

United Nations Development Programme launches SDG Impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... an annual gap of $2.5 trillion, according to UNCTAD. SDG Impact will provide investors and businesses with country-level data and SDG investment roadmaps, UNDP said. The initiative "spells out the need for investors and companies of all sizes to adapt ...

Australia, New Zealand real estate tops GRESB benchmark

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... There was an uptick in water consumption, which increased year-on-year by just over 1.2% for the region, GRESB said. "The new data paints a picture of a region not only further raising the bar on sustainability performance, but also paving a clear path ...

Climate Bond Initiative identifies nearly 400 green infrastructure projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... according to the Climate Bonds Initiative. Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate Bonds Initiative has presented data and analysis on the state of green bond investment and the potential and need for green infrastructure investment in ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... CEO RIAA has issued the 17 th annual Australian Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2018 in conjunction with KPMG. The data shows that $866 billion are now managed as responsible investments, representing 55% of all professionally managed assets ...

Nanuk Asset Management on sustainability aspects of artificial intelligence

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... "Companies are realising that it's important to them now, they're collecting the information, and they need to interpret data from sensors, and AI can process that. Companies are looking at optimising value. It's powerful analysis of data that you couldn't ...

Australian Ethical reports AUM of $2.82 billion in full year results

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Super grew 17% from the previous corresponding period to 41,518 "We were the fastest growing superannuation fund according to data produced by KPMG," Vernon said. "By [AUM] growth, we're second in the table, with Tasplan first, but Tasplan was by way ...

Q&A: Yolanda Beattie, Mercer, talks Future IM/Pact initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Mercer is launching an industry-sponsored initiative, Future IM/Pact, aimed at increasing the diversity of talent coming into the investment management industry, specifically the lack of women coming into - and progressing through - the industry. Future ...

Expert panel discusses growth of Australia's impact investing market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... Impact (CSI) at Swinburne University, presents the findings from analysis of impact investment activity and performance for a data-set of 51 Australian impact investment products active at 31 December 2017. Moderated by Dr Erin Castellas, report co-author ...