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Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... support for our research and analysis of the transportation infrastructure sector, where he will work with co-founder and portfolio manager Steven Kempler in conducting detailed stock research.â€Â¯ His role will also further develop the depth and ...

Integrating ethics goes beyond ESG screens: Nucleus Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... months of 2020, he added. The fund noted that its tactical asset allocation, which includes ESG screening, the foundation portfolio has returned 5.1% in the past year up to 30 April, and 6.8% since inception. "Our performance has been very good- we were ...

Maple-Brown Abbott appoints Emma Pringle as head of ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... decision-making and in particular our position as a long only, long term investor engaging with the Board and management of portfolio companies," Rossler said. "Natasha McKean has been responsible for establishing and executing our ESG strategy since ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs see nearly $300m in new inflows in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... positive climate leadership screen, with a broad set of ESG criteria to ensure investors are accessing a 'true to label' portfolio of ethically-focused Australian companies. Both ETFs have a tilt towards "climate leaders" - companies that exhibit best ...

State Street Global Advisors launch Climate ESG International Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors has launched a climate-aware fund of international equities. Nathalie Wallace, global head ESG investment strategy. State Street Global Advisors The State Street Climate ESG International Equity Fund "seeks to achieve capital ...

Can proposed EU recovery plan prove a sustainable model for Australia?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... new questions and possibilities for investors and implications for Australia's recovery as well. Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager, Ninety One The proposal outlined by the European Commission is a European first, and will require approval by all ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... productivity and innovation. As a result, one of our 10 themes is 'Knowledge and Technology', and this has the largest portfolio percentage theme allocation at 33.6%." Janus Henderson invests in resilient growth companies that can navigate periods of ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... of mid-2019." NGS Super has also moved to provide live disclosure of proxy voting as well as mapping their equities portfolio against the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), King said. "That was a really interesting exercise," she said. "We did it ...

First State Super joins Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
First State Super has joined the Tobacco Free Finance Pledge Stamp. Dr Bronwyn King, founder, Tobacco-Free Investment Initiative The Pledge Stamp is an initiative of not-for-profit Tobacco Free Portfolios and it showcases leading financial organisations ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... essential and have been working through the pandemic - and the fulfilment of social license to operate. Rebecca Myatt, portfolio manager for First Sentier's Sustainable Listed Infrastructure Fund Investors have identified occupational health and safety ...