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Identifying climate change risks in investment analysis

AGNIESZKA COCHRANE  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Many investors continue to struggle to effectively assess and incorporate climate change impacts into their company analysis. This is not without good reason. Climate-related risks (and opportunities) all carry a large degree of uncertainty about them ...

ESG performance and cannabis

KELLIE JOHNSTON, ANDREA BREWER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
The link between positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and economic growth is not new. However, the heightened focus by market participants on value creation through sustainability is new and being driven in part by global ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... played in company performance, the role of a founder as leader or significant shareholder comes into play. Many qualitative fund managers evaluate the impacts of founder-led companies on issues like occupational health and safety, and governance and ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... and has written to 14 Australian mining and energy companies. HESTA CEO Debby Blakey said the $52 billion industry super fund had informed the companies HESTA is embarking on a direct engagement program on this issue. The engagement will focus on how ...

Investing in healthcare yields financial, social returns: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... financial return, but also returns linked to positive impacts aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals, according to global fund manager American Century Investments. The American Century Health Care Impact Equity fund, managed by Michael Li, seeks ...

HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... focus on creating private funds to attract capital from institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, pension fund and insurers. Sustainable investment in natural capital provides exposure to projects focused on nature including sustainable ...

Climate, modern slavery areas of engagement: Ethical Partners

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... Robyn Parkin, sustainability and advocacy, Ethical Partners Funds Management and manager, Ethical Partners Tatrai Giving Fund. "We have been looking at the Modern Slavery Act and putting an investor lens onto that, and with all of our companies, we think ...

Walk Free launches human rights toolkit for business, investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... actions. That same approach can assist investors that must report under the Modern Slavery Act, such as superannuation funds, fund managers and insurers, noted Shalini Samuel, financial sector engagement manager - Asia Pacific, Walk Free at Minderoo ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... They're looking for this type of data, so we decided this would be the next one." The ESG Insights service can be used to gain fund-level oversight of environmental risks and drill-down to compare key scores and carbon footprint metrics across individual ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... intend to increase their climate-linked passive allocations over the next three years, according to a survey sponsored by fund manager DWS Group. Sebastian Schiele, head of passive mandates sales, Europe and Asia Pacific, DWS A total of 65% of pension ...