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Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... imperative." BlackRock also said that exposure to trends including "use of technology across businesses, changes in healthcare and healthcare delivery, new consumption and living patterns is an important element of future private market returns, particularly ...

Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... investing for the themes, not investing in the headwinds, and investing in things with tailwinds - water, food, waste, healthcare, technology." CreationWealth director and senior financial planner Andrew Zbik called it "an interesting conundrum." "I've ...

ESG investing "fastest growing" priority for advisers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... same time, there is an expectation that there will be more regulation of ESG products. Zurich in 2020 launched the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by global fund manager American Century Investments. The Zurich Investments Healthcare Impact ...

NAB, Ramsay Health Care in ESG derivative transaction

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 OCT 2021  |  NEWS
... proposition." The Ramsay Health Care ESG derivative's KPIs are linked to the same sustainability targets as the healthcare provider's $1.5 billion syndicated sustainability linked loan (SLL), which was announced in July. The new facility comprises ...

Venture capital takes on impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... apply a new responsible investment filter to all future portfolio investments Under the new policy, the technology and healthcare specialist VC firm will apply both positive and negative investment screening, reviewing companies' performance metrics ...

Assessing animal testing as a governance issue: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... hurdle for different management to go ahead into a market which required animal testing?" The more likely that a non-healthcare company has a brand or brands that are consumer facing, the more likely that they are to have sensitivity around animal testing ...

Women make strides on ASX300 boards, but cultural diversity lags

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
... have a PhD compared to 5% of males. And 22.1% females have an MBA, compared to 16.9% of males. Those with technology, healthcare and property experience are starting to entrench themselves at board level, and while accounting and financial skills are ...

Pengana Capital reports positive impacts of equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... in key stocks over the 2020 year generated 11 MWh of renewable or recovering, 4 tonnes of waste material, providing healthcare treatment for 27 people, or providing 18 days of tertiary education for each $100,000 increment. In that same period, the fund ...

ESG reporting rises, but companies lagging on climate, diversity: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... to play in the SDGs. But when we talk about tickbox versus integrated, it's got to go past just saying, I am a healthcare provider with a hospital so I tick SDG 3 [Good Health and Wellbeing], I'm a farm, so I tick SDG 15 [Life on Land] It needs ...

Opinion: The housing burden is large enough to be shared by many parties

SCOTT LANGFORD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... million in social bonds to institutional investors including super funds. Cbus Super and HESTA, the industry fund for the healthcare sector, were reported to be among 43 investors who took up the new 10-year social bonds which include a fixed-rate note ...