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Innova launches ESG model portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Innova Asset Management has launched a range of ESG-focused model portfolios that will donate at least 20% of fund revenue to four identified Australian charities. The Innova Sustainable Future Managed Account Solution portfolios apply negative and ...

State of the Environment report a wake up call for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... role they might play, beyond the direct impacts of their own operations." Addressing biodiversity is critical to business risk because investors are looking more closely at the impacts and will act to get ahead of a regulatory curve. EY notes that this ...

Stewart Investors identifies progress to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... managed US$21.5 billion as of the end of 2021, released its 2021 climate report, tracking its activities to manage climate risk, identify investment opportunities in sustainable development, and provide stewardship on behalf of clients. The report noted ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... same time, we'd expect faith based investors, like any investor, to be required to maintain appropriately strong governance, risk management, and indeed deliver investment outcomes in the best financial interests of their members." O'Connor noted that ...

Resource efficiency a marker for investment performance: Osmosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... are more resource-efficient, including efficiency in managing environmental factors, are more likely to provide stronger risk-adjusted returns, according to Osmosis Investment Management. Osmosis uses its in-house research process to standardise unstructured ...

Australian investors withdraw from ESG funds: Calastone

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... substantially in May and June. "As fears of a global recession have grown, equities everywhere have seen a further convulsion of risk aversion. Commodity prices have fallen sharply too and that takes the shine off the Australian market even for domestic ...

ASX 100 chief executive bonuses hit record highs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... there were discrepancies between the company's key performance indicators and potential executive pay-outs, raising the risk of "pay for failure." "Some of the issues that we've been seeing are, for example, companies who have long term plans ...

Risk management includes expanded ESG list: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
Risk management "begins and ends with the board" and includes a full range of ESG risks including climate change, modern slavery, nature loss and social risks, according to an updated risk management guide from the Governance Institute. Risk management ...

Australian miners top list as critical minerals demand grows: PwC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... there would be very few companies that wouldn't have to deal with those challenges," Smith said. Performance on ESG is a risk and an opportunity - 83% of mining and metals CEOs see meeting customer expectations as an influential factor that supports ...

Apply a holistic ESG lens to emerging markets: PGIM Fixed Income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022  |  NEWS
... needed to respond to the signals as well as changing dynamics, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "We do have a solid risk management process with portfolio managers that actively measure risk day-to-day," Ploeg noted. "They have to monitor the ...