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CFA ESG certificate launches in Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... ESG certificate syllabus. The certificate was developed by the CFA Society in the UK and has been endorsed by the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI). "This certificate can help you gain an edge in this fast-moving $40 trillion ...

ASFA urges net zero 2050 targets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 OCT 2021
... emissions by 2050. Some mitigations strategies super funds have committed to include reaching net zero adopting the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment approach and buying green bonds. Super funds that use an engagement approach typically ...

Reynolds joins Frontier board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
Frontier welcomed Fiona Reynolds as an independent director following her tenure at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. Reynolds recently completed a nine-year term as the chief executive of the UNPRI. In Reynolds' time with ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... scores at a country level. In turn, super funds can apply this ESG approach to the currencies corresponding with those nations. "There has been such a huge focus on ESG in equities and bonds... ESG data can now be looked at at a country level, and incorporated ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... $53,000 (US$40,000) in wealth, respectively. The research found a huge disparity in the distribution of average wealth. Nations that recorded the highest wealth per adult (above US$100,000) are located in North America, Western Europe, and among the ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... more recently an independent member of the impact committee. She is currently also a non-executive director at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment. She has also served as a non-executive director at Frontier since 2011 and is a non-executive ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... by the markets in Perth, Sydney and Canberra, according to Knight Frank. While the one-year growth rate was behind many nations, the six month growth rate in prices of 8.7% constituted the fourth fastest growing market globally. "One year on, Australia's ...

PRI chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
The chief executive for the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment has stepped down after being in the role for almost a decade. Fiona Reynolds has been chief executive of the PRI since 2013. She joined the responsible investing group ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... improvement." So declared Saudi Arabia's oil minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman as the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations met and decided to gradually increase oil production in July. The OPEC+'s online meeting on 1 June 2021 saw oil ministers ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... their own hands if their governments are unwilling to do so. Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference, United Nations special envoy on innovative finance and sustainable investments Hiro Mizuno was asked what Australian asset owners can do to ...