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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
... The bill will require entities with more than $100 million in revenue - including government agencies, businesses and investment funds - to report disclosures related to human rights due diligence and how companies ensure they monitor and reduce the ...

Accounting for or managing: experts debate managing impact at RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
There is no one right way to measure social and environmental impacts in an investment portfolio, with different organisations measuring impact in different ways, depending on size and mission. Alex Oppes, director, impact investing at SVA There are ...

Digitalization a megatrend with risks as well as opportunities: Morphosis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... managing director, Morphosis Carter expanded on the megatrend implications of digitalization at the recent Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) conference in Melbourne, noting that digitalization sits alongside of other trends such as ...

Insight Investment analyses ESG factors affecting sovereign credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... ESG performance or momentum of a country and its credit rating or credit spreads," according to research from Insight Investment. Bruce Murphy, director, Australia and New Zealand, Insight Investment Insight Investment, a global investment manager, has ...

Impact Investing Australia to administer $7m Australian government fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... supporting the Australian Advisory Board for Impact Investing in growing the impact investing market, has managed the Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant for the past three and a half years. The Impact Investment Ready Growth Grant was initially seed ...

Lawsuit against ExxonMobil heightens Australian directors climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
... all - especially when using the higher disclosed price would have had a significant impact on its business planning, investment decisions and financial reporting, CCLI said. The claim also alleges that in response to investor demands for scenario analysis ...

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

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018  |  NEWS
BlackRock Real Assets has appointed Managing Director Charlie Reid to extend their renewable energy investment business in Asia Pacific. Reid will be based in Sydney and responsible for sourcing, executing and managing renewable infrastructure assets ...

Cbus becomes Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code signatory

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
Cbus has become the fifth signatory to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) launched the code, which covers activities including exercising voting rights, company engagement, monitoring ...

The pros and cons of using ESG signals in shorting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018  |  NEWS
... stocks based on ESG issues, said Chad Slater, CIO at Morphic Asset Management. Morphic integrates ESG issues into its investment process across its portfolios, and Slater said shorting based on ESG data is part of the toolset. ESG data often augments ...