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EG touches down in Japan

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... skillsets for investors." "We also aim to showcase EG's leading environmental optimisation programs to rapidly reduce carbon emissions across the built environment." Pak added EG's strategies work well in the Australian market, hoping this will ...

Rest awards mandate to specialist fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... wind and storage infrastructure projects." "This investment will also contribute to Rest's objective to achieve a net zero carbon footprint for the fund by 2050 and is a welcome continuation of our plan to increase our allocation to climate-related solutions. ...

Ironbark launches global infrastructure fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... added the importance of incorporating ESG throughout the investment lifecycle. For example, the fund doesn't have any carbon generation energy investments. "We deliberately structured the fund from an investment perspective to be sensitive to ESG," ...

MSCI amplifies AI capabilities

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... leverage Google's gen AI technologies to help investors measure and manage portfolio exposure to climate risk and identify low carbon investment opportunities. "The AI revolution has led to rising expectations among companies and investors, who want ...

Climate change to create 'portfolio manager 2.0':Robeco

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... not to set a doomsday scenario. "Valuation models and investment models need to internalise these developments, such as carbon price, demand destruction, and exponential production rates. Those sorts of things need to find a way into our investment models," ...

Super funds taking on the climate crisis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... decarbonisation and drawdown permissions; a failure to act would squander a golden opportunity to spearhead the transition to a low carbon economy. In a panel discussion at the AIST ASI conference, it was highlighted that despite an uptick in global ...

RBA considers impact of climate on monetary policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... greater the real economic costs will be of bringing inflation back down." Bullock explained that the transition to a lower carbon economy, particularly in the energy transition, may also impact inflation. "This is because energy prices have a sizeable ...

Russell adds to sustainable managed portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023
... strategies seeking a positive sustainable outcome, he added. Russell's sustainable managed portfolios target lower carbon emissions and enhanced ESG outcomes compared to the relevant benchmark. The portfolios comprise listed securities, managed funds ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... suitable for members who "are deeply committed to sustainability" because they excluded investments in companies involved in carbon intensive fossil fuels like thermal coal. Exclusions were also stated to apply to companies involved in alcohol production ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... methodologies," the FCA said. "Some firms had failed to fully implement the disclosure requirements introduced in the Low Carbon Benchmarks Regulation (UK version of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2089). We also evaluated the robustness and ...