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Australian passive sustainable funds grow to $3.6 billion: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... unlisted fund each in the equity (tracking the FTSE Developed ex Australia Choice Index) and fixed-income (tracking the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Exclusion Float Adjusted Index) segments during 2018, while VanEck came out with a sustainable ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... opinions expressed reflect his opinions only. Figure 1: Wirecard's debut bond has recorded a material loss. (Source: Bloomberg. As at 30 June 2020. Bond issued in September 2019, denominated in euros, maturity date 11 September 2024.) The combination ...

MUFG appoints Rob Ward head of project finance, ESG finance, Oceania

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... The bank is also a global leader in renewable generation projects and has also been ranked top lead arranger in the Bloomberg Project Finance league tables for Clean Energy financing for six of the past eight years. MUFG facilitated financial solutions ...

BlackRock launches unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... Investment Management has launched a new unlisted iShares ESG Global Bond Index Fund. The fund is benchmarked to a customised Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Aggregate SRI Select ex-Fossil Fuels Index and is AUD hedged. It is "designed for ESG-aware investors ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... investment into new power generation in Asia Pacific - or US$3.5 trillion - will flow into renewables by 2040 according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "In the long term, investing in renewables makes sense not only for investors but also for the communities ...

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... under management in Australia, and offers investors exposure to an actively managed global bond fund, benchmarked to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index, according to Legg Mason. Western Asset Management has $56 billion in funds under management ...

Australian banks, Fortescue Metals appear in Bloomberg Gender Equality Index

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
A number of Australian listed companies have been included in the 2018 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index (GEI). The GEI is a reference index that measures gender equality across internal company statistics, employee policies, external community support ...

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures releases final report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... risks. Mardi McBrien, managind director, CDSB The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures is led by Michael Bloomberg. The TCFD's draft recommendations are structured around four themes - governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics ...

Will Australia adopt the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... they will be integrated going forward. Sarah Barker, special counsel, Minter Ellison Lawyers The TCFD is led by Michael Bloomberg. The TCFD's draft recommendations are structured around four themes - governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics ...

CEFC makes tenth large scale solar project allocation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2017  |  NEWS
... significant role in this transformation, given that in 2012 there was only 18MW of installed capacity and it's estimated by Bloomberg New Energy Finance that there will be around 1,000MW installed by the end of 2018." "There's been a strong influx of ...