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ISSB standards do not introduce increased risk for investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023  |  NEWS
... investors and even the playing field. This legal advice shows climate-related financial disclosures are clearly within the mandate of company directors, who need to also consider which other sustainability risks are material to their organisation."

TCorp reports $2 billion in new green, sustainability bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
TCorp, the investment and financial management partner of the New South Wales (NSW) public sector, issued a total of $2 billion in sustainability and green bonds in the 2022 financial year as part of its overall $25.8 billion total debt issuance. In ...

Australian asset owners lead on ESG integration, net zero investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... central part of search criteria. On average, it is far more important for our investors to have ESG integrated into their mandate searchers than previously. More broadly, the bfinance survey found that 52% of Australian investors are currently underweight ...

Missouri pulls BlackRock mandate in anti-ESG move

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022  |  NEWS
The state of Missouri has pulled approximately US$500 million from BlackRock in the latest manifestation of the anti-ESG movement on the rise in some US states. Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced that the Missouri State Employees' ...

Climate risk warning on government bond yields

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... investors in the audience. "I think you should start trying to implement minimum percentage allocations as part of your mandate and start asking us to show that year on year, our allocations to these markets are increasing. Change will happen fastest ...

HESTA, ISPT invests in medical office development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... building in Melbourne, their first direct property acquisition in the healthcare and life sciences sector. ISPT and HESTA as mandate partner will co-develop an on-hospital-campus medical office building of circa 12,000 sqm in Fitzroy, Melbourne, site ...

V-Square launches ESG index strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
V-Square Quantitative Management has launched an ESG and carbon transition index strategy that aligns with the Your Future, Your Super performance test. The V-Square MSCI Global Equity ESG Materiality and Carbon Transition Indexed Strategy tracks the ...

Directors engage on breadth of ESG issues facing companies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... needs to be done at all levels, but I would love to see that piece of legislation - for which the new government has a mandate - pass." O'Sullivan pointed to climate policy uncertainty as an example of an area that business has had to manage and embrace ...

Perennial awarded $100m Mercer mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Mercer Investments has awarded a $100 million mandate to the Perennial Better Future Strategy. Perennial Better Futures is a boutique investment business owned by Perennial Partners. It includes the Perennial Better Future Trust and the associated active ...

CEFC, Qantas Super back low carbon "enabler" fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... whole-of-portfolio approach to sustainability. The net zero goal was announced last year and will be carried out in three phases. This mandate with Calvert and Goldman Sachs Asset Management is part of that first phase, which will see the super fund ...