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J.P. Morgan AM acquires forestry firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has acquired a global forestry management and timberland investing company. J.P. Morgan will acquire Campbell Global by purchasing BrightSphere Investment Group's 75% ownership stake as well as the 25% owned by Campbell ...

ASX company signs $1.5bn sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
An ASX-listed company has become the latest to foray into sustainability linked finance with a $1.5 billion sustainability linked loan. Ramsay Health Care has inked the first and largest syndicated SLL by a healthcare provider in Asia Pacific. The $1.5 ...

ASX company issues billion dollar sustainability linked bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
A leading ASX100 company is issuing Australia's first sustainability-linked bond (SLB). Wesfarmers' $1 billion issuance will see the interest rate of the bonds linked to progress against specific renewable energy and emissions performance targets. ...

ESG ratings "just opinions": Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... methodology that does require educating clients on its intricacies. "Our ESG ratings are data driven," Ellis said, "we build in company disclosure, anything that is publicly available we can use. We do focus on company disclosure, both mandatory and ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... boards have primary accountability for preventing and responding to sexual harassment and it remains unclear who in the company holds accountability, new research shows. The report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces that work for everyone ...

Climate change, diversity, inequality top engagement agenda: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... portfolios. Uneven levels of disclosure could ultimately distort the picture of a portfolio's ESG characteristics, the company notes. In its report, the firm said it conducted more than 1,000 company meetings focused on ESG issues, an increase of more ...

Investment Leadership Awards ESG winners revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... an additional layer of oversight, in the form of the BetaShares Responsible Investment Committee, which can exclude a company exposed to significant ESG-related reputational risk or controversy, if the committee considers that its inclusion would be ...

Assessing carbon beta risk in portfolios: Platypus Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... according to Platypus Asset Management. Platypus Asset Management has developed a quantitative tool aimed at measuring a company's sensitivity to climate change shocks, which they call the Platypus Carbon Beta. Platypus Asset Management views ESG as ...

Integrating the circular economy into investment strategies: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... management, it's the governance of boards, creating structure, policy, protocol and truly developing an ecosystem within the company to think about sustainability not just in the form of risk management, but also in the form of leadership and differentiation. ...

Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
Using climate scenario analysis to evaluate climate risks at the company level can be an essential tool to identify potential risks as well as potential opportunities, according to Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). ASI uses climate scenario analysis ...