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ESG part of financial sustainability of infrastructure: ClearBridge

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... RARE Infrastructure until earlier this year, takes a three-pillar approach to ESG analysis in infrastructure. The listed equities manager uses ESG to model cash flow impacts of sustainability and perform sensitivity analysis, said Shane Hurst, portfolio ...

ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
ESG equities managed funds are cheaper than non-ESG equities funds, according to the latest Rainmaker Information research into wholesale managed fund fees. A review of fees charged by 76 ESG managed funds found they charged an average 0.8% pa, being ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Perennial Value Management has renamed its sustainable small cap equities fund the Perennial Better Future Trust as the fund marks three years of returns at 15.57% pa. Perennial Value Management integrates ESG considerations into its investment process ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... International to run the investment fund. Pendal Group has hired Bertrand Lecourt, and Saurabh Sharma, to establish a global equities sustainable water and waste investment strategy as part of its Regnan business. Based in London, Lecourt will join Regnan ...

Social premium on the rise: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... in the benchmark by 17 basis points on average per month, purely on social grounds," said Lewis Grant, senior global equities portfolio manager at Federated Hermes. According to Federated Hermes, research into companies' performance and their investment ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... over 14% more unmanaged ESG risk. Sustainalytics also noted that a further indicator of the higher ESG risk facing EM equities is that 10% of the FTSE Emerging Index falls into the severe ESG risk category, compared to just 3% of the FTSE Developed Index ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to be issues of engagement with companies as well as action around AGMs. Q&A with Randal Jenneke, Head of Australian Equities at T. Rowe Price Q: How do you assess issues such as board composition and board renewal through the lens of voting at AGMs ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... intention to manage investments to that intention, and contribution to the growth of the industry. GIIN has a listed equities working group that applies those principles to the public market sector. Q&A with Hari Balkrishna, Portfolio Manager for the ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... the RMetrics Workplace Super report. The stand-out over the past three years on a risk-adjusted basis was international equities options, with a return of 8.0% p.a. Rainmaker Information's RMetrics assessment model assesses a product's holistic ...

Global fund managers unite to accelerate natural capital investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... investing in the preservation, protection and enhancement of nature. Lombard Odier launched a first-of-its-kind global equities investment strategy for natural capital last year, developed in partnership with the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance, established ...