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The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... assist investors in finding companies that outperform their peers. However, they also present challenges for managers that take ESG into consideration. ESG-related data is improving, but still lags developed markets, opening up both risk and opportunity ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... December 2007 to December 2016 and found that companies that managed conduct culture well, ranking highly on Regnan's ESG scores with either a four or a five, significantly outperformed those companies with low scores. Conversely, low scoring companies ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information into high yield strategies can augment risk analysis, although there are challenges in finding information about private ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds with ESG characteristics show strong risk adjusted returns, according to new research from Rainmaker Information. Assessing median results of superannuation fund options, Rainmaker Information has found that ESG returned a median ...

SGX hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Reshaping Sustainability Together) platform," according to the SGX. Cho will drive the strategic direction of the exchange's ESG ambitions, building on SGX's ESG environmental, social and governance (ESG) capabilities, expertise and assets. This ...

Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... and medium sized ASX listed companies can measure, monitor and report their material environmental, social and governance (ESG) exposures through a new technology platform linked to the World Economic Forum (WEF)'s ESG Global Standard Metrics. Socialsuite ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... in the private equity and debt universe, but bringing them into other asset classes as well," said Michael Lewis, head of ESG thematic research. "Water is an interesting one there - in terms of the SDGs, and asset owners and managers are coalescing around ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... everything is moving in that direction, and as a bank we've been pushing climate risk as well," said Sameer Chopra, head of Asia ESG research at Bank of America. "Supply chains are going to be very important as well. Sustainability of supply chain is ...

Science-based targets key to addressing the world's biggest challenges

LOUISE WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... economies across the globe, and the consequences for investment managers, remain difficult to predict. A major turning point for ESG If there's any good news to flow from the pandemic it is that COVID-19 has increased the world's focus on climate ...

Successful ESG integration: moving from why to how

GUILLAUME MASCOTTO  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Recent regulatory developments suggest that environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is neither a fad nor a subjective enterprise. Rather, it has become a critical part of day-to-day investment management. Global investor commitment to ESG ...