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AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... support of a fund like NGS Super, whose shared desire to provide long term investment options that produce broad environmental and social benefits for their members aligns directly with the core values of this strategy," he said. "Green MVE provides ...

What Future Fund looks for in managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... place more emphasis on understanding the way our managers engage with their investee companies about social and environmental impacts."

More climate risk action needed: SSGA

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... of ESG integration across its investment strategies as it released its Annual Stewardship Report for 2019. While environmental, social, and governance considerations has always been a part of its firms' approach, the prioritisation in integration is ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... only a responsible investor but also a responsible advocate, and a leader in the action it takes to reduce their environmental footprint. Furthermore, HESTA has an "enduring focus" through its corporate responsibility plan to be efficient, socially minded ...

Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... a lot harder to follow through on these sorts of initiatives. So communities support for supporting longer-dated environmental aims waxes and wanes as we've seen here politically." The rise of ESG, Howitt said, reflects how the political process frustrates ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... Management (AIM) to manage its first green bond mandate, which aims to achieve financial returns, and generate positive environmental and social impact projects. The bond, hedged in Australian dollars, is benchmarked against the Bloomberg Barclays Global ...

Super fund turns to food sustainability

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... he said. But Graham said this focus needs to be complemented by the long-term supply-side considerations such as environmental impact and sustainability. "When we're thinking about our job as a responsible investor, we're really thinking about ...

Willis Towers Watson buys Aussie broker

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
... specializing in Warranty & Indemnity insurance and other specialist M&A products, such as tax (specifically indemnity) and environmental. Baker McKenzie acted for Willis Towers Watson in the deal, whose terms of transactions were not disclosed.

Macquarie asset management business down

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... governance, culture and accountability - saying it is a valuable exercise. Warne noted: "Macquarie's Group-wide environmental and social risk policy provides a robust framework for embedding environmental and social risk management into investment ...

Suncorp pressured on coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... will phase out of these exposures by 2025. We will seek to increase exposure to businesses that have a positive environmental impact, including renewable energy generation and technology."