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Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... analysing the way companies manage stakeholder access to products and services, as well as access to services such as healthcare to see if companies are setting themselves up to benefit in the long term, or lose their brand value because of short term ...

Accelerating digitalisation an investment opportunity: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... restrictions and the steep decline in economic activity around the world," Janus Henderson noted. The fund is also invested in healthcare as a thematic. "As long-term investors we see health as an important social consideration that goes beyond the recent ...

U Ethical on resilience, engagement during COVID-19

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... oil stocks underperformance. "Like a lot of other ESG and ethical managers, we hold higher weights in sectors such as healthcare, tech, etc. and that's certainly been beneficial," Fernie added. "We've been happy to be performing better than the market." ...

Pioneer issuance puts COVID-19 bonds on investment agenda

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... funds raised, the reporting on how said funds improve impacts of COVID-19, in terms of health and economic outcomes. "Healthcare services related to COVID-19 is an obvious candidate, but other sectors would also qualify as long as the activities are ...

Identifying potential risks of COVID-19 and modern slavery in supply chain

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... don't have access to Medicare. In a pandemic situation, that's a massive concern. To be able to access free healthcare, it would be amazing and a sense of security and safety. It's important to the integrity of the supply chain with fresh ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... COVID-19, in part because highly rated ESG firms are more likely to be in those less cyclical sectors such as tech, healthcare, consumer non-durables, and tend to have less exposure to the energy stocks," Birgden said. "For example, the sector-neutral ...

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... beyond the property sector. "At this stage, we're about to launch two more industry specific standards, relating to the healthcare insurance sector and the energy utility sector," Bernhardt said. "The idea behind that is to standardise the self-assessment ...

RIAA awards Responsible Investment Certification to Mirova fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia. "Mirova is a long-term, sustainable investor focused on major societal transitions in demographics, governance, healthcare, and energy," Watson said. "The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to accelerate some of the longer-term trends already ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... impacts on the economy stemming from shutting down swathes of the country, defensive stocks such as some parts of the healthcare sector, haven't performed as expected. "The really strong performer in our portfolio is a company called Genetic Signatures ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... imagination in applying gender lens investing solutions to solving gender inequalities. "There are pressing concerns in healthcare, but what's happening right now is that COVID 19 is revealing structural inequities in the world that destabilised the ...