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ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Global standards, benchmarks and taxonomies move to align for greater interoperability - the EU proposes new sustainable financial product labels. Here is the latest. TNFD and EFRAG release alignment mapping The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial ...

Retirement heavyweight pitches climate fix

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Top retirement specialist Jeremy Cooper has taken up the decarbonisation challenge with an ESG strategic advisory position - and he has a proposal that will shake up the industry. Cooper joins multinational professional services firm MinterEllison's ...

Climate philanthropists lend muscle to green metal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
Climate philanthropists can maximise the impact of their donations by focusing their funding on decarbonising heavy industry exports, a study found. A report titled High-Impact Climate Giving in Australia by Giving Green, found that investors and philanthropists ...

ISS ESG tackles modern slavery exposure

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... holistic assessment tool for modern slavery-related risk, disclosure, management, and controversies - allowing investors to benchmark companies and identify areas for engagement. The solution is both industry, product, and country-specific, drawing from ...

APRA acts on climate risk watch

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024  |  NEWS
... current practices against APRA's guidance on the financial risk of climate change. The information will inform a benchmark of progress on identifying, assessing and managing climate-related financial risks since APRA's practice guide was released ...

BlackRock-Temasek closes at US$1.4 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... "where a financial product has sustainable investment as its objective and an index has been designated as a reference benchmark". Allstate, BBVA, KIRKBI, Mizuho Bank Ltd, MUFG Bank Ltd, TotalEnergies, and others, are the first investors in the firm. ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Most asset owners estimate that poor investment governance could increase portfolio costs by 1% or more annually, according to a joint report by KPMG and Frontier Advisors. The report, which surveyed 22 asset owners in the local investment industry ...

RIAA: Green bonds broaden investor appeal

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... to all the bond issuers that the government is serious about the green bond market... this will also help provide a benchmark for corporate issuers," said Ou Yong. He explained that the higher the number of green bonds in the market, the closer investors ...

Funding green buildings risks greenwashing accusations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... transport (8%), with 48% to buildings. However, it's new Sustainable Finance Framework sets a higher than regulatory-grade benchmark for green residential building criteria. The framework will be replaced by the national sustainable finance taxonomy ...

Preqin offers ESG benchmark for alternatives

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The financial data provider has launched a new ESG fund performance benchmark in what it says is a market first. The standard covers environmental, social and governance (ESG) fund performance win the context of wider private market asset classes (private ...