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Active Super turns to fixed income carbon on road to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Active Super's fixed income investments are the single largest contributor to its portfolio carbon emissions, with the $14 billion super fund using new calculations as the basis for its interim planning to meet their 2050 net zero target. Active ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
HSBC Asset Management has launched an active fixed income fund investing in Asian bonds with a strong bias towards issuers with sound ESG profiles. The HSBC GIF Asia ESG Bond Fund is set up to have a higher ESG score and a lower carbon intensity score ...

The challenge of evaluating impact investing's fundamentals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... priorities into a strategy. It's impractical to think that you have a multi-asset portfolio that's broadly impact. Fixed income, real assets, sure, but hedge fund strategies, short duration credit, cash, that's a lot more difficult. The adviser has the ...

Weighing climate risk in corporate bonds: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Evaluating climate risk in corporate bond portfolios is a key area of focus for 2022 for fixed income manager Insight Investment, but simply excluding worst-in-class is a simplistic approach. By engaging with issuers and encouraging them to change ...

PGIM creates global head of ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... the PGIM ESG Council and engaging with clients, consultants, regulators, and industry associations. She joined PGIM Fixed Income in 2020 as the inaugural head of ESG Research. In that role, Unanyants-Jackson was responsible with continuing to integrate ...

Data challenges inhibit ESG integration in sovereign credit ratings: World Bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Worthy: ESG Factors and Sovereign Credit Ratings. The report analyses how material ESG issues apply to sovereign fixed income and the credit rating agencies (CRAs). "The CRA mandate is clearly defined, and it is deeply rooted within the financial sectors ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure regulations come into effect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... will have to provide disaggregated data on listed and unlisted equities, property and infrastructure, as well as fixed income, cash and derivatives. In listed assets, each item must be disclosed along with the value and weighting of each item, according ...

COP26 outcomes means increased focus on physical risk: PGIM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... future outcomes when it comes to further climate change, said John Ploeg, vice president, ESG specialist at PGIM Fixed Income. "We need to prepare for all cases," Ploeg said. "That's really important, because when we're thinking about climate risks and ...

CEFC, Future Super back green bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... CEFC CEO Ian Learmonth said the CEFC investment would support the further development of Australia's clean energy fixed income sector, which was critical to meet growing investor demand for sustainable investment opportunities. "Investor capital is increasingly ...

Integrating ESG into securitised asset strategies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... granular ESG data for these underlying investments, said Navindu Katugampola, global head of sustainability, global fixed income team at MSIM. "The challenge, or the opportunity of securitisation, really lies in thinking about the availability/transparency ...