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Platforms increasing ESG products, research: Investment Trends

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... has introduced 23 ESG integrated ESG strategies on their investment menu, Praemium introduced ESG comparison tool to show impact exposure across screening criteria within a client portfolio, and CFS First Choice added ESG investment options to its investment ...

HSBC Asset Management launches ESG Asia bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... habitats. HSBC partnered with London-based Earth Security to develop a blueprint for measuring the environmental and economic impact of mangrove activities. The blueprint can be applied to a bond that could be used by issuers in Australia and other global ...

U Ethical makes two board appointments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... returns, U Ethical aims to deliver sustainable, long-term results - both financially and through an environmental and social impact lens." U Ethical has $1.4 billion in funds under management as of 31 December 2021. It operates as a social enterprise ...

The challenge of evaluating impact investing's fundamentals

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Defining positive impact is a challenge for investors, and advisers need to evaluate fund managers' impact claims against their intentionality, the measurability of social or environmental impact, and the manager's contribution towards that impact ...

Cyber security, COVID and climate change cap CEO concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... surveyed in the months before the pandemic. CEOs were more concerned by cybersecurity risk, health, including COVID-19 and its impact on the labour markets, and climate change risks than they were about the impact of macroeconomic volatility when it ...

Climate change a macro trend, driving secular themes: J. P. Morgan Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... strategies. "Climate change is obviously a hugely important dynamic and whatever the views on it are, it is having a major impact on how consumers, businesses and governments are behaving," Berelowitz said. The macro trends influence both top-down macro ...

Responsible investment funds surge past $100 billion: Plan For Life

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... in conjunction with ESG integration or positive screening and related FUM increased 47% over the year," Solomon said. "Impact investing is the fastest growing approach, up 86.7% but currently only adopted by 2% of products." ISS owns Rainmaker Group ...

CEFC, super funds allocate to IFM Investors private equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... footprint. By doing this, we're helping enhance the long-term value of our members' investments, while having a positive impact on the world they will retire into." The CEFC said it also invested $80 million in the private equity Adamantem Capital Fund ...

Rest taps Calvert, Parametric for enhanced ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
Rest has awarded an enhanced ESG mandate to Parametric Portfolio Associates and Calvert Research and Management to provide further diversification to its Sustainable Growth ethical investment option. Parametric and Calvert will implement ethical and ...

CFOs see ESG action as central: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... loans, green bonds, sustainability-linked loans, and these have interest rate differentials which bring a positive financial impact through acting in line with sustainable principles or committing to sustainable goals. That's effectively a cash savings." ...