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Vanguard appoints head of ESG product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... light on long term risks and opportunities of our investments to members in a decarbonising economy." UniSuper set a net zero target in 2020 and, at the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) annual conference earlier this year, Dixon ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... statement and 73% disclose their investment screening processes. Two-thirds of ESG super funds have explicitly declared a net zero target year of no later than 2050, while Rainmaker notes that a small number of ESG super funds have even declared that ...

IFM Investors launches climate transition fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... of risk, fees and performance." IFM said this fund launch is the latest development in its company-wide plan to reach net zero by 2050. It also plans to have reduced the carbon footprint of its infrastructure assets by 40% by 2030. Milestones reached ...

Brookfield raises record amount for ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... are co-heads of the fund, which invests in carbon-intensive industries with the aim of accelerating their transition to net zero. About US$2.5 billion has been deployed or allocated by the fund to date, including an investment in a carbon capture and ...

First Sentier launches ESG property fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions of the assets it analyses, with the fund currently forecasting to reach net zero emissions in the portfolio by 2040. "Approximately 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the real estate sector ...

IFM Investors, San Quirico team up to work towards a sustainable future

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... Quirico to foster wind power operator ERG's position in the renewables space. IFM Investors (as manager of the IFM Net Zero Infrastructure Fund (IFM NZIF)) and San Quirico (SQ) will form a strategic, long-term partnership to foster ERG's leading ...

Carbon transition and MBFID: Is it possible to meet both?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... new fossil-fuel based investments would need to meet measurable interim milestones to demonstrate its progress towards net zero targets in order to attract investment. The balance of respondents said they still wouldn't consider an investment, citing ...

ESG taxonomy key to achieving policy objectives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... session was chaired by Claire Molinari, head of ESG at CareSuper. "A huge number of fund managers and investors have made net zero commitments, and when we think about this, it's not just about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it's actually ...

Macquarie Asset Management appoints chief sustainability officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... has been appointed to lead the asset manager's plans to become a leader in sustainable asset management, including its net zero by 2040 targets. Kloberdanz joins from Mastercard where she held the same role for the last five years. Prior to that she ...

Qantas Super invests $2bn in Calvert, Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... carbon intensity. The corporate super fund hopes the partnership with Calvert and Goldman Sachs will help it achieve net zero emissions across its investment portfolio by 2050. The allocation will be split equally between the two investment managers ...