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Potentially hazardous ingredients in consumer products as investment risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
... 'fragrance'. No marked difference between developed and developing countries was evident in terms of proactive chemical management practices. Within the suite of companies, it was found that those companies operating globally were generally positively ...

Ausbil Investment Management launches Active Sustainable Equity Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018  |  NEWS
Ausbil Investment Management has launched the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. The fund "invests in companies with sound sustainability profiles and avoids companies that are vulnerable to long-term earnings risk from sustainability weaknesses," ...

Investors discuss reporting on risks via Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... revenue of more than $100 million, meaning that funds will have to report on their exposures to modern slavery and their management of those risks. Experts discuss implications of Australia's Modern Slavery Act at RIAA 2018 annual conference The Modern ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... Oppes, manager, impact investing, at SVA. "PGGM is about three thousand times as big as us in terms of funds under management," he said. "They're using a telescope to asses and account for impact across the entire portfolio. We're using an electron microscope ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... getting effort and engagement from the people that we need to influence," he said. Insight clients are asking about ESG management noted. "We've experienced really significant interest in ESG full stop," he said. "In particular, it's been more of a discussion ...

BlackRock Real Assets names Charlie Reid to lead Asia-Pac renewables

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... BlackRock Renewable Power, a dedicated franchise under BlackRock Real Assets, has US$5 billion of equity assets under management. The team has invested in more than 250 wind and solar projects globally, with 40 projects in Asia Pacific - Australia, Japan ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... "Firstly research tells us that good businesses do out perform bad businesses," said Chad Slater, CIO at Morphic Asset Management. "Companies coming in with high ESG ratings do better than companies with poor ESG ratings, and depending on which region ...

Core Civic, GEO Group flagged for ESG controversies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... Christian Super divested from Broadspectrum (formerly Transfield Services) before its takeover by Ferrovial, and UCA Funds Management added Broadspectrum to its exclusion list. Other funds engaged with the companies on the contract. Ultimately, Ferrovial ...

New Forests joins World Business Council on Sustainable Development

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... processing of wood and new products that come from wood fibre." New Forests has more than USD $3.5 billion in assets under management globally. New Forests manages more than 950,000 hectares of land and forests in Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia ...

Diverse boards can provide "profitability moat" to future returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... improve its own earnings forecasts", said Ms McDonald. AXA IM manages AU$ 714 billion of ESG-integrated assets under management, around 60% of total assets under management.