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Trucost hires Michael Salvatico to head APAC ESG business development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... "I am excited to join S&P family and lead the Asia Pacific team," Salvatico said "S&P have deep and broad expertise in company analysis and are committed to ESG Research. The Trucost name is recognised as a leader in climate change analytics. I look ...

Morningstar acquires outstanding majority of Sustainalytics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... process is evolving and shining a spotlight on demand for stakeholder capitalism. Whether assessing the durability of a company's economic moat or the stability of its credit rating, this is the future of long-term investing." Sustainalytics has been ...

GCNA awarded federal grant to provide training on modern slavery

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australian Modern Slavery Act's reporting requirements "with a focus on strengthening remediation processes including company-run grievance mechanisms," GCNA said. Guidance will be provided through a series of publications and events. "We are committed ...

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 ...