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Carbon credits as a source of alpha: Apostle Funds Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... markets team. Luke Donovan recently joined Apostle as partner - global carbon markets from the Commonwealth Bank ahead of the fund manager's Global Carbon Credit fund launch. "There's a lot of people that view carbon as a commitment they've ...

Vanguard quits net zero investor initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... investors," the firm said. Vanguard notes that approximately 80% of clients' assets are invested through index funds. The global fund manager identifies climate change and the global response to it as having "far reaching consequences" for companies ...

COP15 success requires investor buy-in: Mirova

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... topic even in climate COPs. That's really interesting." Mirova has two natural capital-based funds, the Sustainable Ocean Fund, which invests in enterprises involved in three key areas of the blue economy - sustainable seafood, the circular economy ...

ASIC warns directors over sustainability disclosures

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Securities and Exchange Commission (ASIC) has warned directors that they will continue to focus on the sustainability-related disclosure and governance practices of listed companies, managed funds, superannuation funds and green bonds. ...

ASIC fines Vanguard for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... identified an "inadvertent error" in the PDS, self-reported that error to ASIC, and issued a supplementary PDS for each affected fund, correcting the error. ASIC was concerned that Vanguard "may have been liable to mislead the public by overstating an ...

APRA publishes results of banking climate vulnerability assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has published the findings of its first Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) of Australia's five largest banks and signaled that the insurance industry is likely to be the next regulated sector ...

TCorp reports $2 billion in new green, sustainability bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, issued a total of $2 billion in sustainability and green bonds in the 2022 financial year as part of its overall $25.8 billion total debt issuance. In ...

Majority of investors collaborate on engagement, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... effective to collaborate on stewardship, this being more effective when investees receive consistent messages." Asset owners and fund managers engage on a variety of ESG topics. Unsurprisingly, climate change is a top concern, cited by 83% of institutions ...

New Forests launches ANZ forestry and agriculture fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
New Forests has launched a fourth Australia and New Zealand forestry and agriculture-based fund with the aim of raising $600 million in the next two to three years. The $10 billion global nature-based real assets and natural capital strategies investment ...

Janus Henderson hires chief responsibility officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
Janus Henderson has hired Michelle Dunstan as chief responsibility officer. Dunstan will join the global fund manager in early January and will be responsible for overseeing Janus Henderson's corporate responsibility and responsible investing efforts. ...