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Ratcheting up ambition on climate finance goals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... will be necessary: Carney's private finance strategy noted that over the next three decades, the total required investments in the energy sector alone will be US$3.5 trillion per year, while almost US$50-135 billion per year will need to flow to ...

Islamic fund to expand into banking

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... investment in products, companies and industries which align with Islamic beliefs. To be classed as Sharia compliant, all investments must undergo mandatory ethical screening using the rules set by the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic ...

Integrating ESG into securitised asset strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... underlying loans or assets, combined with the current lack of sufficient and granular ESG data for these underlying investments, said Navindu Katugampola, global head of sustainability, global fixed income team at MSIM. "The challenge, or the opportunity ...

Analysing the opportunities, challenges of the ESG investing sector

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... (RIAA) released its annual Responsible Investment Benchmark Report, which shows that the total pool of responsible investments has soared to $1.2 trillion, from $983 billion in 2019. Money managed using responsible investment techniques increased from ...

ESG, corporate purpose top CEOs' agenda: KPMG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... of leaders both here and overseas believing government stimulus was needed to turbo-charge business climate change investments." In terms of material social issues, CEOs believe they will increasingly be held personally responsible for driving progress ...

New ethical fund appoints Equity Trustees as RE

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Absolute Return Fund is a value-focused ethical absolute return fund, which applies positive and negative screens to its investments in companies that are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Haven Wealth Partner is co-founded by managing ...

Federated Hermes launches climate change high yield credit strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Hermes Credit team for the past year," said Tina Rönnholm, portfolio manager responsible for external High Yield investments at AP1. "Having divested from fossil fuels throughout our portfolio last year, our ambition now and going forward is to contribute ...

IFM Investors sets 2030 emissions target

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... asset class at 1.16 million metric tons of CO2e, a 40% reduction on 2019 levels. FM also announced it would restrict investments in any assets that derive material amounts (more than 20%) of revenue from thermal coal, while targeting zero coal exposure ...

Merlon Capital hires sustainability manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... Income Fund. "ESG related matters are becoming increasingly important in assessing potential and monitoring existing investments," Margolis said. "Further, the skills required to develop a deep understanding of ESG related issues and coordinate engagement ...

Assessing the financial, ESG benefits of agricultural investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
Agricultural investments offer not only long-term diversified returns, but also the potential to use natural capital to impact on climate change as well as generate additional financial return. Warakirri Cropping chief executive officer and head of ...