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ESG investment professional salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
It is a buoyant market for ESG investment professionals at all levels, with a dearth of talent meaning senior hires can command salaries of $250,000 to $300,000, according to Kaizen Recruitment. "You've got multiple firms looking for senior people with ...

Scentre Group to increase disclosure for cleaning contracts

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Zealand. It is one of the largest procurers of commercial cleaning services in Australia, which has been identified as a high risk sector for modern slavery. Under this new agreement, Scentre Group will disclose not just the processes for identifying ...

Industry superannuation fund ESG options surpass $10 billion

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... reported that its three ESG-themed strategies have performed strongly in recent years. The three options are Sustainable High Growth, launched in 2000, which has delivered 10.8% in the last year to 31 December and 10.6% p.a over 10 years; Sustainable ...

BlackRock seeks plans for company transition to net zero

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... establishing a "focus universe" of holdings that present a particularly significant climate-related risk." Those risks include high carbon intensity today, insufficient preparation for the net zero transition and low reception to BlackRock's investment ...

Australia to join climate resilience investment initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
The Australian government will join the international Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI) and will refresh the National Climate Resilience and Adaptation Strategy. The CCRI is a finance sector-led initiative of more than 75 institutional ...

Circular economy a key investment theme: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investment horizon is needed to capture the alpha generation of that transition. "If you have a fund that's highly active with high turnover, and then you're going to the investors and saying we're investing to enable the transition, a smart investor ...

Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... time and costs of traditional due diligence related to direct equity investments. "The cost of doing the due diligence is high, and in the asset management world you get paid on basis points per dollar invested," Moffitt said. "The cost of due diligence ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Companies' social license to operate and wider stakeholder concerns are core governance considerations during this AGM season in Australia. The recent history of corporate scandals relating ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... by Gunnar Friede, Timo Busch and Alexander Bassen, published in the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment found a high correlation between emerging market companies with strong ESG performance and strong financial performance. It is thus possible ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) information into high yield strategies can augment risk analysis, although there are challenges in finding information about private sector issuers. ...