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Financial Services industry has key role to play in financing the SDGs: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... a business's overall value," Bell said. "It's a stark realisation that you have to manage these positive attributes around ESG. We've also seen real growth in debt markets, we've been close to the growth in the green bond space, as an assurance provider ...

BetaShares' Australian Sustainability Leaders ETF certified by RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... investors are given access to detailed information about how the Fund takes into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) and ethical issues in the investment process. "We are delighted to have our second ethical product, FAIR, recognised by ...

Ruling against Heinz shows risks in public shift towards health foods

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... represent themselves as healthy options, and therein lies the opportunity and the danger," said Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, head of ESG Research at Ausbil. "Speaking to CEOs or supermarkets in the last two years or so, they've realised what a growth opportunity ...

Green Bond Pledge launched to increase use of green bond finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... investors. We hope that our product plans, and our collaborations with key bodies like CBI can really help investors embrace ESG, and make a positive difference to society and the environment."

Sustainable returns versus ESG risk analysis: Stewart Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
Analysing companies for their ability to produce long term sustainable results based on their environmental and social material issues has led Stewart Investors to focus on how companies' key purpose before investing in it. Stewart Investors recently ...

Australian Ethical Investment makes three new hires

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... roles in equities research. Most recently she was deputy head of the Emerging Leaders Research team. Prior roles were Head of ESG Research, and senior analyst in the financials team. Australian Ethical has also hired Amanda Richman as ethics analyst. ...

Video: Responsible Investment Coming of Age - Full Panel Discussion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... and investment strategies available, while JBWere, a wealth manager in responsible investment discussed how they incorporate ESG signals in their investments. This video is sponsored by MSCI and JBWere

Legg Mason's Western Asset removes tobacco, cluster munitions from bond funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018  |  NEWS
... Report reported that that US$159 billion of its assets under management - around 25% of funds under management - is invested in ESG products and strategies. Eight of the nine Legg Mason affiliates are signatories of the United Nations-supported Principles ...

Russell Investments to implement new material ESG score methodology

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Institutional Australia, Russell Investments Global asset manager Russell Investments has created a methodology to provide material ESG scores for companies within its investment universe. The methodology, as described in a paper titled Materiality Matters ...

Taiwan Bureau of Labor Funds selects FTSE4Good for ESG passive mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
Taiwan's Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) have selected FTSE4Good's TIP Taiwan ESG index for a US$1.4 billion mandate. BLF has issued a five year passive mandate and is the first fund to use the FTSE4 Good TIP Taiwan ESG index. The FTSE4Good TIP Taiwan ESG ...

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Santos receives takeover offer from Abu Dhabi-led consortium

ANDREW MCKEAN
Santos has received a non-binding $8.89 per share cash offer from the XRG Consortium, led by XRG P.J.S.C., a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ANDOC), alongside Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund ADQ and US private equity firm Carlyle.

What do the best-functioning boards look like?

KARREN VERGARA  |   7:05AM
The best-functioning boards are future thinkers, understand their ESG responsibilities and are able to show their "battle scars," according to two governance experts.

Funding lifts for climate, health, people startups

KARREN VERGARA  |   7:06AM
While funding for impact startups has broadly declined, those operating in climate, health and people has seen funding levels improve compared to three years ago, according to the Impact Startups Benchmark Report 2025.

Mind the gap: Investors' role in balancing fairness and competitiveness in executive pay

ALEXANDRE PROST
Investors have a significant role to play in helping to move the dial on executive remuneration, aiming to increase fairness and reduce inequality.

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