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Thai regulator becomes TCFD suppporter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). By becoming an official supporter of the voluntary climate risk disclosure framework, the SEC will aim to "raise ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... wellbeing of customer base, and the overarching pandemic-related recession and government fiscal response to manage the fallout. Fund managers and asset owners that have spoken with FS Sustainability throughout the year have noted that these issues feature ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 on the ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... credit space is used to gain clarity on an issuer in general, particularly in private companies, and is also being used by fund managers to learn additional information on ESG matters. Credit managers, of course, lack the tool of the proxy vote that ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... 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 equity investments with ...

Australia on global list for deforestation hotspots: WWF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... is one of the top 24 global deforestation front, making Australia the only developed nation on a list from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). WWF's new report Deforestation fronts: Drivers and responses in a changing world, names 24 locations across ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... strong risk adjusted returns, according to new research from Rainmaker Information. Assessing median results of superannuation fund options, Rainmaker Information has found that ESG returned a median average of 5.6% pa over a three-year period, as compared ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... 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) in 2020 calendar year, while its Australian Shares Fund delivered returns of 21% ...

Fund supports deidentified recruitment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Future Super, the $1 billion ethical retail fund, has shared how its deidentified recruitment has helped boost diversity - after mixed results last year. Future Super head of group strategy Veronica Sherwood-Meares said on LinkedIn that Future Super ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... is a systemic risk that "threatens lives, companies, communities, and our economy," according to one of the largest global fund managers. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) president and CEO Cyrus Taraporevala has issued his annual letter to boards ...