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Modern slavery, climate risk key elements of RI activity: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... and how we can take what we have done and apply it further." First Sentier Investors will report as one group, but the company consists of 16 investment teams, each with different exposures and risks relating to modern slavery, which means that the group's ...

Climate risk assessment impacts on small, mid-cap portfolios: Fairlight AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... considerations have evolved past a simple box-ticking process to a more nuanced assessment that informs the calculation of company value. As a result, investment managers today are more are willing to pay a premium for businesses with a demonstrably ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... share KPI because it is achieving a goal without creating long-term value. For those that do, we would want to see that a company has no other need for cash, and surplus funds can't be more sensibly deployed in other ways. Companies should be able to ...

Coronavirus forcing companies to virtual AGMs, full proxy voting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... would take questions during the webcast. Woodside will have its AGM on 30 April. According to their Notice of Meeting, the company will hold their AGM "with a range of appropriate precautions that may include limiting or refusing entry in order to comply ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... parts of the healthcare sector, haven't performed as expected. "The really strong performer in our portfolio is a company called Genetic Signatures, which has been up over 50%," Cottier said. "It has developed technology which improves testing for ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... through CDP have board-level oversight on climate-related issues, while 69% of these companies report having integrated company-wide processes for identifying, assessing, and managing climate-related issues in their overall risk management, a rate higher ...

Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... separate people who do it properly versus those that do it to tick a box.... It's fair to say there will be one type of company that see this as a legal/compliance exercise only, and unfortunately I would say they're in the majority, but there are also ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... value," Petersen said. Sustainability professionals' role as innovators is another key component that could shape company strategy over the long term. Petersen cited the example of the automotive sector as one sector that could see profound disruption ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... policy settings that deliver broad-based economic resilience, and preventing these interests taking a backseat to narrower company or sector goals, Peres da Costa said. "We need to distinguish value capture from value creation. The former is a poor proxy ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... "Our impact analysis begins by trying to define the key social and environmental impacts that are being generated by the company and to evaluate the alignment of the company's activities with those targeted impacts. We also analyse the target consumer ...