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Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Platform provider Praemium has "significantly enhanced" its approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) by adding the Australian Ethical Australian Shares Portfolio to the Praemium SMA and providing ESG research from Sustainalytics. Damian ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... division of London Stock Exchange Group. Sylvain Chateau, Co-Founder, Beyond Ratings Beyond Ratings is a provider of fixed income ESG data, and is exploring how "climate transition risks correspond to the risks of economic dislocation and financial losses ...

Cromwell Property Group reports on sustainability progress for 2019

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... (GRESB) score of 86/100, including a governance score of 91/100, and a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the 2019 MSCI ESG Ratings assessment, classifying it as an industry 'Leader', two rankings that Cromwell point to as evidence of their strong ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... collateral, short selling, stakeholder involvement, and innovation. "PSSL is the council's first attempt of offering a clear ESG roadmap to the securities lending market. Over time the ICSF expects to develop these principles in line with the ongoing ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... increasingly adopting a "profit with purpose" mindset and investors should be aware of relevant environmental, social and governance (ESG) information as part of their investment process, according to global fund manager PGIM. Taimur Hyat, chief operating ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
J. P. Morgan Asset Management is developing a proprietary environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring framework as part of a range of initiatives to enhance its investment stewardship process. Jennifer Wu, Global head of sustainable investing ...

Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... 'serious and pressing problem.'" Cerulli conducted a survey of Australian institutional investors and found that 88.2% named ESG integration as their most preferred method of incorporating ESG considerations into investment decisions, followed by negative/exclusionary ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... explained that the enhanced indexing approach enables a "comprehensive integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics at every step of the investment process." "We can analyse portfolios, we can look at the environmental footprint ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... future, and what has the company said about net zero, and how far away from that are they," she said. First Sentier incorporates ESG data throughout their investment process, which means that ESG data is an integral part of their Listed Infrastructure ...

Sydney Airport issues $600m bond with sustainability linked tranche

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... according to Sydney Airport. Sustainalytics measure Sydney Airport's performance on "a wide category of outcomes across the entire ESG spectrum including sustainability performance and disclosures in the areas of corporate governance, safety and waste." ...