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BNPP AM releases "biodiversity footprint" for investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has analysed its equities and fixed income investments to determine its biodiversity footprint - the potential negative impact their portfolio has on nature. A year after announcing a biodiversity roadmap, BNP ...

Emerging markets improving on ESG: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
Emerging market companies are increasing their focus on ESG issues, citing pressure from investors as a key driver for activity, according to Bank of America. Bank of America's ESG Research recently surveyed issuers in emerging markets, with over ...

Qantas Super in $2bn climate risk mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 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 ...

CBA sees push to greater quantity, quality of climate risk reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
Quantity and quality of climate disclosures by Australian companies will improve, with or without a government mandate, according to CBA. In a recent report by CBA's sustainable economics team, the bank noted that regulations including the US Securities ...

Australia's C-Suite cite climate change as chief concern

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... portfolios and meeting new demand, and appointing independent advisors and/or independent non-executive directors with a mandate relating to consumer activism. However, 27% of Australian respondents said they fall short in ESG reporting and performance ...

Strong growth in cleantech VC investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... institutional investors," said HLB Mann Judd partner, corporate advisory, Nick Guest said. "Institutional investors have a mandate on ESG investment, and we are seeing a compounding flow of funds into the space, matched out with really smart and passionate ...

Christian Super, Australian Ethical to explore merger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Christian Super has signed a memorandum of understanding with Australian Ethical for a potential merger, after having been directed by APRA to merge. Both parties will conduct due diligence prior to confirming merger details, which would see Christian ...

UniSuper allocates to venture capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... be used in other applications," he said. "It's a lower cost technology, and we're in the scale-up process." Uniseed's mandate is to facilitate commercialisation of Australian research, and by investing with Uniseed, UniSuper gains access to cleantech ...

Hejaz Financial Services predicts $100m growth in 2022

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
Australian Islamic financial services provider Hejaz Financial Services anticipates adding an additional $100 million in assets under management during 2022 across a range of financial products. "That growth is being driven by an number of factors ...

Australian Ethical sees net inflows surge upward

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... fund customers increasing 32 % and super members growing by 20% Australian Ethical saw a $50 million single institutional mandate redemption during the first half of the 2021 financial year, noted CFO Mark Simons. "We haven't called time on the institutional ...