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Fund manager creates, hires for ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Alphinity Investment Management has created a new role of ESG and sustainability manager. Alphinity has appointed Jessica Cairns to the newly-created role, which is a move designed to support the fund manager's efforts to more deeply integrate ESG-related ...

Government reforms aim for increased super transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... government's latest proposed reforms to superannuation have raised concerns that they might impinge on funds' ability to use ESG investing strategies. In Tuesday's budget speech, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg introduced the Your Super, Your Future ...

Asset owner, engagement organisation in ESG hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Melbourne-based organisations are augmenting staff by recruiting for analysts with environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) responsibilities. The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) is hiring an analyst with responsibility for property ...

Ban on waste export presents risks, opportunities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... facility to use in their packaging products. There will be implications for investors to dissect - many fund managers in the ESG sector have identified plastic waste in particular as a risk for companies to manage, and one that had particular implications ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... analysis is also used in portfolio construction, Bailey said. "We've begun to incorporate the analysis into proprietary ESG ratings for portfolios to construct portfolios that tilt away from the higher risk issuers," he said. "We have carbon footprint ...

Super fund ESG option tops charts with investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
One industry superannuation fund's ESG option has posted an impressive 34% return over the past year to the end of August, vastly outperforming other fund's ESG options and even outperforming other ESG options within the same super fund. UniSuper's ...

Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... most were not-for-profit (NFP) funds. The lack of disclosure by super funds stands in contrast to the growing popularity of ESG integration by super funds, as well as funds' simultaneous claims that they are committed to transparency. "The essence ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
There is a need for greater transparency and education for advisers on the difference between ESG, sustainable and impact investing, according to Zurich Financial Services Australia. "It's fundamental that ESG has to be integrated into the investing ...

Climate, worker rights rise up ESG agenda: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Greenhouse gas emissions and worker rights/modern slavery are the two most important areas of ESG focus for Australian listed companies in the near future, according to new research from Perennial Value Management. Perennial has released the results ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... was CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change. Prior to working at IGCC, Fabian worked for two and a half years as head of ESG research at Regnan, an ESG engagement and research specialist. He has also worked as a senior consultant for Arthur Andersen ...