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Perception of ethics rises off back of COVID response: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... ethics includes government, at +16, resources at +9, large corporations at +3, banking finance and insurance at +2, and media at -3. "Ethics matter, in business and in society," Motto said. "Our survey shows that the perception of the finance industry ...

Governance key concern for AGM season: Dimensional Fund Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... balance sheets and improve financial flexibility. Among them have been Qantas, Oil Search, Flight Centre, Southern Cross Media and Webjet. "After the changes came in, we engaged with ASIC and the ASX as well as with investment banks, proxy advisers and ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Stocks with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have outperformed companies with lower ESG scores, according to Bank of America. Good ESG companies typically have better return on equity, lower earnings volatility and lower share ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Rest's legal stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh had a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege earlier this week before mediation ...

The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... industry to confidently integrate ESG principles into every dollar they manage," said Michelle Baltazar, executive director of media at Financial Standard. As part of the transition, FS Sustainability has also launched a new website, updated social media ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Four out of the top five best performing personal balanced super fund investment options for the 2019-2020 financial year were ESG options, according to research from Rainmaker Information. While the overall Rainmaker MySuper investment performance ...

Consortium participants identify impact characteristics of AAP investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... behind the purchase of the AAP Newswire have labelled the transaction an impact investment motivated by a desire to protect media diversity in Australia. The deal that was announced earlier this month will see the consortium purchase the AAP Newswire ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
Crescent Wealth 's approach to ethical investment in line with Islamic investment standards has seen the superannuation and fund manager outperform in the early part of 2020. Talal Yassine, managing director, Crescent Wealth Crescent Wealth's approach ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... of climate-related proposals (138 out of 686 proposals) between 2017 and 2019: Cbus, AustralianSuper, BT Financial Group, Media Super, Russell Investments, First State Super, UniSuper and AMP. The point of the research is not to see all superannuation ...

Majority of Australians want greater action on climate change: Glow

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Australians are for nuclear power compared to 31% who are against it as an alternative to carbon. However, according to media reports from 2019, a survey from Essential found that 44% of Australians support nuclear power plants, up four points since ...