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Natixis bets on thematic investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... safety. Thematics Asset Management will start operating under the Natixis IM banner in the second quarter and will be based in Paris. Five of the six founders and owners of the new business are from Pictet Asset Management, a privately-owned European ...

Big banks, super funds join forces for sustainability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... that will better enable the financial services sector to contribute to delivering on international commitments, such as the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while underpinning economic stability and prosperity ...

Institutional investors call out climate policy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... emission reductions to 2030. "This will make a key contribution to us meeting our 26% emissions reduction target under the Paris agreement," Price said. "The ERF is investing in our farmers to help them revegetate degraded land, to protect existing forest ...

BNP Paribas Securities Services names APAC lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... 2800 people across Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore. Benoit will relocate to Paris to take up his new position as head of strategic business development and transformation next month. In this role, Benoit ...

UK loses £800bn in assets amid Brexit fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... in the near future. About 2000 new European roles have been or will be hired locally. Dublin, Luxembourg, Frankfurt and Paris are the most popular locations. About one-third (30%) of the firms monitored confirmed at least one location in Europe they ...

Chief economist update: The clown in the White House

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... tweet: "It is incredible that with a very strong dollar and virtually no inflation, the outside world blowing up around us, Paris is burning and China way down, the Fed is even considering yet another interest rate hike. Take the Victory!" Nah, the Fed's ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... "current trajectory" of falling house prices "would suggest a soft landing... some risk of a hard landing remains." The Paris-based global forum recommends the Reserve Bank begin raising the cash rate from its record low as soon as possible to prevent ...

Nikko AM supports climate change agenda

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2018
... to act to help keep global temperature rises below 2 degrees Celsius, while calling for government implementation of the Paris Agreement through the following four areas: Investor disclosure Corporate engagement Policy advocacy Investment According to ...

Industry super fund commits to green bonds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... climate finance and sustainability groups - including the Climate Bonds Initiative - the pledge aims to reinforce goals of the Paris Agreement, and is based on the premise that public and private sector bonds financing long-term clean infrastructure ...

Member takes $50 billion industry fund to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... change...These funds and the individuals that control them are critical to the economy's fast and orderly transition under the Paris Agreement," Barnden said. On its website, Rest states that prudent investing involves looking at all the factors that ...