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Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... members should look beyond traditional pools of candidates and focus on building the pipeline in executive and upper management. KPMG analysed the gender split on ASX201-299 companies and found that four primary sectors within the cohort have an average ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... by consultants CREATE-Research. It covered over 131 pension plans in 20 jurisdictions with a combined assets under management of around EUR 2.25 trillion. More than half - 57% - said they expect overall ESG allocations to grow more than 5% per annum ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... sectors that by and large have performed well during the FY. You can argue whether this is by good luck or good portfolio management, but to debate this is to totally miss the point. When resources stocks outperformed and ESG funds suffered I didn't ...

Data management presents risk, opportunity: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... reputation than cybercrime or disruptions when it comes to innovating and legislative or regulatory change. "Like all risk management processes, it's owned by the board, so the board has to say to the management team, what is the process, how are you ...

Identifying exposures to modern slavery a key concern: Informed 365

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... of Australia to develop a self-assessment questionnaire for suppliers to report on their modern slavery exposures, management and monitoring processes, as well as a risk framework to allow the property companies to assess their exposures to their tier ...

Christian Super appoints Mark Rider as chief investment officer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... economist and head of economic activity and forecasting. Rider then joined UBS Investment Bank and UBS Global Asset Management, where he served for 16 years in roles including Australian chief economist, institutional account manager, equity strategist ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... research from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia. Robyn Parkin, sustainability and advocacy, Ethical Partners Funds Management There are more than 700 ASX-listed companies operating in 106 countries globally. PWYP Australia benchmarked the top 10 ...

ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) 's new integrated ESG policy has enabled the global fund manager to apply a consistent framework for measuring how investment teams implement and demonstrate ESG processes and enhances the ability to develop more ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... performed strongly through the initial phases of the pandemic crisis, Unnithan said. "We have been working with these management teams since the lockdown started and I'm happy to report that all our direct businesses are doing just fine, and some are ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... in bfinance's midyear survey. The majority of investors reported being satisfied with the performance of their risk management processes, with 35% are making changes here. The survey also found 82% are satisfied with overall portfolio performance, with ...