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BNP launches ESG analytics tool

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
BNP Paribas has launched ESG Risk Analytics to enable clients to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance factors more easily into their investment decision making process. BNP's ESG Risk Analytics aims to provide a detailed breakdown ...

Westpac prices climate bond at $500m

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
Westpac has priced its first climate bond at $500 million, reflecting the continuing interest from investors for products that have an impact on the economy and the environment. The bond will fund 12 Australian projects, including seven wind farms and ...

Mercer appoints Acadian for SRI mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Mercer has appointed Acadian Asset Management to manage an Australian equities socially responsible investment (SRI) mandate. This latest appointment follows Acadian being awarded an Australian equities small cap mandate by IOOF Investments last week. ...

Australia carbon reporting quality on the rise

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2016
The quality of carbon reporting by Australian companies is higher on average than those in Europe, the Americas and relative to Asia-Pacific neighbours, according to KPMG research. The KPMG Corporate Responsibility Reporting Survey 2015 identified the ...

CBA embeds ESG into investment, wealth management

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2015
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has introduced stronger environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies and practices across its investment and wealth management divisions. The new Wealth Management Responsible Investing Framework will integrate ESG into ...

University investment portfolio includes tobacco and beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
British American Tobacco has landed among Sydney University's top international shareholdings in emerging markets as a balance is being sought in the university's environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment framework. Sydney University recently ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher, despite a mixed lead from Wall Street where the Dow was dragged lower on a disappointing Procter & Gamble earnings report. At 0754 AEST on Friday, the September share price index futures contract was up ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
This year has been another busy one for the financial servives industry. FoFA remained on the radar and the Financial System Inquiry has the potential to change things in a big way. The Financial Standard team takes a look at the issues that made waves ...

Don't ditch the RET, instos tell Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
A group of Australia's biggest institutional investors has written an open letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott calling on him to maintain the Renewable Energy Target (RET). The call came from the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), a body which ...

How green are 'green funds'?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
Superannuation funds offering 'green' or 'sustainable' investment options may be misleading their members, with big polluters often topping the holdings lists. The top holding in AustralianSuper's Australian sustainable fund (managed by Perpetual) is ...