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Defunct fund pays greenwashing fine

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... activity, the Bloom Fund had to consider whether the company's engagement in the activity was material based on a qualitative assessment and there was discretion to still hold the asset; "If 33% or more of the company's revenue was generated by an excluded ...

Investors push for nature in climate plans

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
Transition plans are pivotal to ensuring companies' credibility in achieving net-zero goals - but currently do not factor in safeguarding and restoring nature and biodiversity. In a bid to accelerate the protection and restoration of nature, finance ...

Rise in ESG commitment by global funds: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... managers in our coverage now earn a Morningstar ESG Commitment Level of advanced or leader." Morningstar introduced the qualitative ESG Commitment Level rating in 2020 and it expresses analysts' assessments of asset managers' "determination to ...

Three-fold bang for the buck when investing in research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... and monetise, the economic analysis only captures the direct and indirect economic impacts, the report notes. Once qualitative assessments such as research capacity, social, environmental and cultural impacts are considered, the value of the National ...

Using ChatGPT to assess climate targets: Acadian

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... emissions, as compared to those that are beign very vague with language. "Quantitative communications is better than qualitative, specificity is useful as well. We use that in the general investment process with the way that companies talk about earnings." ...

Hong Kong stock exchange proposes climate disclosures

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... uncertainties, assessed using relevant climate-related scenario analysis Current (quantitative where material) and anticipated (qualitative) financial effects of climate-related risks, and where applicable, opportunities on the issuer's financial position ...

ASFI outlines roadmap for sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022  |  NEWS
... objective, or social or environmental, be realistic about data availability, and whether it's a quantitative or more qualitative assessment." Earlier in the week, Chalmers spoke to the ASFI membership base, saying "the government will pursue a more ambitious ...

Podcast: Is gender diversity an alpha signal - with Joanna Nash

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022  |  NEWS
... Realindex Investments, we discuss how a single issue like gender diversity can be used as an alpha signal as well as a qualitative measure of company risk and opportunity. We speak with Realindex Investments senior quantitative portfolio manager Dr Joanna ...

APRA chair highlights challenges of climate risk assessment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... no metrics to measure and monitor climate risks. "Facing into new risks, there is a natural tendency to begin with qualitative aspects such as governance and risk principles, rather than quantitative measures," Byres said. "It is clear, however, that ...

Climate skills development needed: University of Technology Sydney

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022  |  NEWS
... than 75% said climate skills are in moderate to high demand in their organisation; climate scenario analysis, both qualitative and quantitative, came out on top. However, close to 70% said supply doesn't meet demand. Just 14% said supply is equal ...
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