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Hendrik van Calcar steps down as director of Qantas Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... was elected to the Qantas Super board in 2018 and is credited with "reinvigorating conversations on the considerations of ESG factors in the corporate super's investing," according to Qantas Super. "We are now on the frontier of being able to take another ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... director, head of information services Asia Pacific, London Stock Exchange Group. "Helena brings a wealth of experience within ESG and sustainable investment across the investment industry, both in Europe and Hong Kong. I look forward to working with ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... continue to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance into their investment and operations processes, integrating ESG considerations into securities lending programs is a consideration on the agenda. Natalie Floate, head of market and ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... layer had long lead times and now acknowledge they should have acted sooner. In the 90s, environmental social and governance (ESG) didn't exist so investors didn't have to worry so much about the effect of CFCs on investments. They just had to worry ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... manager is continuing its call for increased transparency and a "clear demonstration of positive impact." Josh Kendall, senior ESG analyst, Insight Investment Adding to other expert analysis forecasting expansion and growth of the green bond market ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... companies listed governance, diversity, safety and equality as their top three material environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, as well as areas of future improvement, according to a survey conducted by Perennial Value Management. Damian Cottier ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... increased global demand for fixed income exchange traded fund (ETFs), as well as demand for fixed income ETFs that integrate ESG into their process, according to global fund manager Amundi. Gaetan Delculee, global head of ETF, indexing and smart beta ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... change leaders. FAIR was launched in November 2017, and combines a positive climate leadership screen, with a broad set of ESG criteria to ensure investors are accessing a 'true to label' portfolio of ethically-focused Australian companies. Both ETFs ...

Company, investor climate change partnership "essential": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolio managers, and finally it's up to them to decide what they do with the knowledge." If a company does not improve on the ESG objectives that Robeco decides are material to shareholder return, this could lead to divestment and/or exclusion. "If ...

SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors will begin voting against board members of companies that are laggards on ESG performance. Benjamin Colton, head of asset stewardship, Asia Pacific, SSGA CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced in his annual letter to corporate ...