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SGX-listed companies improving sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... said SGX RegCo CEO Tan Boon Gin. "Nevertheless, the call globally for efforts on the climate change and sustainable development fronts has grown exponentially and with a new urgency. "Singapore too has stepped up measures in these areas and SGX is similarly ...

Neuberger Berman closes $280m private equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... and fund investments that seek to achieve positive social and environmental outcomes aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals while also meeting NB Private Equity's underwriting standards. "Super funds post 2020 are thinking about how do ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... recently hired Jason Robertson to the newly created role of director, sustainability and impact. Robertson will lead the development of a sector wide sustainability and social impact strategy and will also serve as the inaugural Chair of the ARA Sustainability ...

FY22 budget proposes "technology not taxes" for climate change

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... series of allocations under Australia's Technology Investment Roadmap, including $275.5 million to accelerate the development of four additional hydrogen hubs in regional Australia, $263.7 million to carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture ...

FTSE Russell hires Jo Saleeba to head sustainable investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... to expand the offering for local investors." Meanwhile, FTSE Russell has also hired Martin Orro as head of business development, Pacific. Orro will focus on leading the expansion of FTSE Russell's business in the Pacific. "I am delighted to have joined ...

Investors identify positive impact through multiple finance strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... investment", which has led them to their specific focus on environment and climate, health and education and social development. He also says that being an impact investor is "an exercise in humility." "Our position as impact investors is on the financing ...

Northern Trust AM names head of sustainable investing and stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... role. Moret will oversee the firm's sustainable investing and global engagement policies, foster research and product development agendas, advance portfolio integration across asset classes and contribute NTAM's perspectives to external industry associations ...

APRA to conduct climate vulnerability assessment on banks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... APRA Chair Wayne Byres spoke of the Climate Vulnerability Assessment in a speech to the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). "Starting with the five largest banks, the CVA will help to measure the potential financial exposure of ...

Trustees squeezed by competing climate risk pressures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Super fund trustees are "squeezed" when it comes to managing climate risk, between members seeking divestment, regulatory guidance on managing climate risk, and proposed legislation that may limit access to proxy advisers, according to the chair of ...

Property fund inks multi-billion dollar sustainability linked loan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Australia's largest sustainability linked loan (SLL) has been inked, providing nearly $3 billion in finance linked to ESG improvements across a diversified property portfolio. Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) has completed the SLL transaction ...