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Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and energy government policy ...

NZ Super Fund chief executive resigns

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... the Guardians into a world class asset owner, recognised globally for its strong investment performance, leading approach to ESG, reporting and transparency. "The Guardians, and the NZ Super Fund, have grown considerably since I joined and the fund has ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... another, more recent broad trend which is rising engagement within the investment community on how to manage the 'S' within ESG. Social factors that are particularly relevant to infrastructure investors include organisational workforce practices (especially ...

Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... capitalise on positive environments for credit. The competitive advantages here are less obvious to us." Further, the PIMCO ESG Global Bond Fund - Wholesale and the PIMCO Global Credit W have been bumped down from Gold to Silver. On the global bond option ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... and it's had a huge impact on the apparel sector, and a sector fraught with difficulty has gotten worse. Ausbil head of ESG research Mans Carlsson corroborated the view that while helpful, the Accord is not the finishing point. Carlsson recently ...

ETF industry continues growth: Betashares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... gold mining products also rallied strongly. There was two new products launched in March, which were both active ETFs. "An ESG-oriented credit strategy from Janus Henderson and Intelligent Investor's Value Share Fund," he said. The report highlighted ...

Quinbrook acquires US biofuel producer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... renewables." Quinbrook's acquisition of the company will deliver the capital resources, enhanced commitment to sustainability and ESG driven impact, and additional strategic relationships to support rapid scale up to meet the growing demand for renewable ...

CEFC, Crescent Capital Partners invest in decarbonisation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... operations, delivering lower emissions alongside enduring investor support," he said. Meanwhile, Crescent Capital director of ESG Lucy Cooper said the firm takes an "active approach" to working with portfolio companies to acheive meaningful change. "We ...

Maple-Brown Abbott relaunches sustainable fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... Sustainable Development Goals. The sustainably themed investment fund will continue to be managed by the firm's head of ESG Emma Pringle and portfolio manager Chris Hotop. It invests across a broad selection of companies listed on the ASX and will ...

Spark Financial Group launches digital investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... minimum investment of $5000 per portfolio, with a suite of solutions that ranges from income, balanced, growth, high growth and ESG. The group explained all profits from Spark Invests management fees will be directed to charitable benefactors. Chief ...