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First Sentier adds director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... Rouge was previously the chief transformation officer for Suez Water Technologies & Solutions and a senior executive at the Paris-based water treatment provider. She has more than 15 years of industry experience managing large industrial business units ...

Equity Trustees wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... in technology, fintech and medtech with a focus on Silicon Valley and Israel. HGO recently listed on the Euronext Growth Paris. Equity Trustees will act as the AIFM for HGO, which is similar to the responsible entity function in Australia. "We're ...

ACSI launches new climate change policy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... risk. The newly updated policy from ACSI aims to improve how companies approach climate change risk. The policy supports the Paris Agreement and the need for companies to commit to pathways for net zero emissions by 2050. "Climate change is one of the ...

APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... APRA states that it does not create new requirements or obligations. "Since the Australian government became a party to the Paris Agreement, APRA has been raising awareness of climate-related risks to the financial sector," says APRA chair Wayne Byres. ...

MSCI launches life sciences indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... treatments. The series is the latest addition to MSCI's growing portfolio of thematic indices. It launched the MSCI Climate Paris Aligned Index Suite in October 2020, eight new indices that capture climate data from its Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate ...

WTW commits to net zero

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... pricing opportunities while delivering a reduction in emissions of more than 50% between 2015 and 2030, consistent with the Paris Agreement." The discretionary delegated investment portfolio in question has $166 billion in assets under management globally. ...

Amundi revamps climate fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... social issues. Amundi head of the institutional and corporate clients division & ESG Jean-Jacques Barberis said within the Paris Agreement the concept of a fair transition is central to net-zero economies. "There will be no transition if it is not socially ...

Cbus awards $240m mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... with exposure to products and services enabling mitigation of climate change. "All portfolio companies are aligned with the Paris Agreement and are positioned to provide significant net CO2 savings," Crawford said. "The strategy to invest in companies ...

CSC pivots towards divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
... Whitehaven," Market Forces campaigner Rachel Deans said. "We are calling on all superfunds which claim to be aligned with the Paris climate agreement to divest from pure play fossil fuel companies. They are simply out of line and out of time." Market ...

Mercer joins net-zero club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... 2030. Mercer said the commitment aligns with targeting a 1.5 degree Celsius limit on global temperature increases and the Paris Agreement's ambitions. Mercer Pacific chief investment officer Kylie Willment said the commitment is based on the belief that ...