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Hazardous chemicals a key challenge for investors

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... spanning a series of actions including proposed federal limits on drinking water for six PFAS. "ESG analysts and Asset Managers are closely following these developments and I believe that the size of the IIHC's membership (over 50) speaks to the level ...

Sunshine state issues $2.75bn green bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... 11% in Europe, 10% in the UK and 9% across Asia and Japan. Balance sheet investors had the majority at 43%, with asset managers and insurance taking 34%, institutions taking 14% and hedge funds taking 9%.

Forestry fund falls short of target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... transitioning the Southeast Asian forestry and nature-based solutions sector." The goal of the fund is to show that asset managers can integrate activities that support sustainability and biodiversity - such as ecosystem restoration, reforestation, and ...

Senior appointments at ag managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Two agricultural asset managers have made key executive appointments. Warakirri Asset Management has hired Nikki Jordan to the newly created role of head of sustainability. Jordan will report to Warakirri managing director Jim McKay and will "lead the ...

TCorp issues first sustainability bond of 2024

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... 11% in Europe, 10% in the UK and 9% across Asia and Japan. Balance sheet investors had the majority at 43%, with asset managers and insurance taking 34%, institutions taking 14% and hedge funds taking 9%. Chandler pointed to a forthcoming tranche of ...

Paris overshoot: are investors prepared?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... already baked in." A vital first step is to set and work towards net zero by 2050, with initiatives like the Net Zero Asset Managers Commitment and the Paris Aligned Asset Owners Initiative and Climate Action 100+ initiative. Paterson calls on policymakers ...

Growing scope for investing in natural capital: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
Global investment consultancy bfinance has identified more than 50 asset managers globally who are investing in natural capital. bfinance reported that at a global level, there were more client searches for natural capital manager in 2023 than real ...

World Bank breaks record with US$5b sustainable development bond

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... investors (49%) are banks, bank treasuries, and corporates. 35% are central banks and official institutions. 16% are asset managers, insurers, and pension funds. The bond attracted global attention, with more than half (56%) of investors coming from ...

Gender pay gap a key diversity metric: FSI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... report under the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR). Under SFDR, financial market participants such as asset managers need to disclose PAIs that their investment decisions have on sustainability factors, in order to identify and assess ...

Corporate net zero plans at odds with anti-climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... and climate lobbying in the companies they invest in. In August, InfluenceMap found the world's 45 largest asset managers may fail to meet their own 2050 net zero commitments resolutions dropping considerably in 2022. 95% of portfolios have not made ...