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The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... corporates. From our perspective, these are important factors that will contribute to the long term sustainability of the business. The most common issues we observe in environmental and social considerations when we do our research is a lack of disclosure ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Rowe Price. Q: How does ESG integrate into a high yield credit strategy? A : We meet management teams and unpack the business plans and their financial modelling to determine how they plan to achieve what they seek to achieve. That naturally turns up ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... innovative impact solutions, you're also creating a lot of impact because you're basically financing capital for these business and these business will drive the innovation agenda further and further. One of the companies we're invested in ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to be listened to on climate change and other ethical issues and frameworks." The scaling of Australian Ethical's business also permits growth in other areas. Previously, John McMurdo, Australian Ethical CEO told FS Sustainability that the fund's ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... fund manager's ongoing stewardship work. SSGA has identified lack of racial, ethnic and cognitive diversity as a business risk for companies, and has asked companies in which it holds shares on behalf of clients to disclose information on racial ...

MUFG Bank structures $333 million green financing deal

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment Banking Division. "At MUFG, we share the same commitment towards environmentally and socially responsible business practices, and with this latest deal, is pleased to reaffirm our proven track record as Softbank's go-to project financier for ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... the key reasons for firms to adopt purpose beyond profit are increased sales from a reputation boost (50%), long-term business viability (44%) and their ability to attract top talent (33%). A smaller share of firms said it was because it was the right ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... measuring, managing and reducing its environmental impact, is an indicator that they will be managing other aspects of their business with similar efficiency. We see a small correlation to the quality metrics, as you would expect, but at best this explains ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global investment firm T. Rowe Price has joined the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). "We are delighted to begin our partnership with RIAA to work on important responsible investment issues that are top of mind for our clients," ...

Stakeholders mull impact of Rio Tinto report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... quickly, because the culture of an organisation changes and they no longer abide by the rules of the social contract to do business with traditional owners. "It's not about those individual companies, it's about the damage it does to the reputation of ...