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Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... equity, Moffitt added. "The vast majority will be cashflow positive, and supplying dividends," Moffitt said. "As we hold the asset thru that period, we expect to have dividends. The expected return is around 15%, and 6-8% of that will come as dividends ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Global fund manager Robeco is in the process of setting five-year cycle targets to translate long-term net zero carbon emission reduction initiatives into impactful investment portfolios and investor practices. Robeco wants to invest in line with the ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... those companies with low scores. Conversely, low scoring companies significantly underperformed the ASX200. Investors and asset owners are engaging with companies on conduct, management of intangible assets such as social license to operate and whether ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... strategy that integrates ESG considerations - to achieve risk adjusted returns for clients. This investment belief permeates asset classes - fund managers from equities to private markets have previously told FS Sustainability that constructing a portfolio ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... that integration of material ESG considerations are necessary in credit portfolios because of the asymmetrical risks of the asset class, and the risk of default. A 2018 report by MSCI found that high yield issuers with high ESG ratings "tended to have ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... sponsored by T. Rowe Price Interest in impact investing is quickly increasing, and while strategies are growing across multiple asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental and social impacts of listed ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... with demonstrable credentials in ESG performance in mind and are incorporating ESG policies into their decision-making, asset consultants told FS Sustainability. Frontier Advisors believes that considering ESG-related risks are in line with more sustainable ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... 42%). In addition to record net inflows, Australian Ethical's investment performance after fees that drove growth in asset values of $573 million for the current financial year to date. Its Emerging Companies Fund delivered a return of 35.9% (wholesale) ...

SGX hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... sustainability-linked loans. "I am humbled to spearhead a crucial role that SGX must play as Asia's most international, multi-asset exchange: to ambitiously co-create and steer the local, regional and global financial system to support sustainable ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... their boards. "The bulk of the letter this year was around racial and ethnic diversity," Benjamin Colton, global co-head of asset stewardship at SSGA told FS Sustainability. "The accompanying guidance piece is an expansion on a long-standing commitment ...