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Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible investment AUM using sustainability-themed investing grew from 4% in 2018 to 6% in 2019. The most popular themed investments by AUM are social impact (20%), agriculture (13%) and climate change (10%). "What you're still seeing there is ...

U Ethical hires two to investments team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Ethical funds manager U Ethical has hired two women to its investments team. Desiree Lucchese has taken on the role of ethics and impact manager while Rachel O'Connor is the new portfolio manager for fixed income and cash products. "We're delighted ...

The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... decision-making and the corporate strategy of ASX listed companies." "Investors are pouring more of their savings into ESG-led investments every day and they expect the industry to confidently integrate ESG principles into every dollar they manage," ...

Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... overall company analysis. This paper explores different types of climate change risks and their possible impact on investments in the absence of market-wide disclosure. These risks can be grouped into two pillars: physical and transition. The following ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... correlation, said Guillaume Mascotto, vice president, head of ESG and investment stewardship for American Century Investments. Mascotto said that American Century Investments does research companies with controlling shareholders and companies that are ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... to positive impacts aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, according to global fund manager American Century Investments. The American Century Health Care Impact Equity fund, managed by Michael Li, seeks quality stocks by incorporating acceleration ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... on identifying a large pipeline of assets that exist," Wilder said. "The ones that we have identified are will be investments that have a normal return. We will be enhancing that return through ensuring there are natural capital values that come with ...

Online investors applying ESG criteria: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... represents a significant shift from last year (51%)." A quarter of investors - 24% - said they had bought or sold investments based on environmental impact, 17% said they had taken action after considering ethical and corporate governance factors, and ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... year, finds that 26% of respondents say they commit more than 15% of their passively invested funds to climate-linked investments, but 56% say they have no allocation at all as part of their passive investments. The study was conducted by consultants ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... million. Other investors include Hong Kong investment group Horizons Ventures, a VC fund backed by Li Ka-shing with early investments in companies like Spotify and Zoom, Grok Ventures, the private investment fund of Mike and Annie Cannon-Brookes and ...