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When ESG improvement comes at a cost: MFS Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
Improving performance on sustainability metrics isn't necessarily free, and investors need to factor in the costs of environmental, social and governance in both risks and returns, according to fund manager MFS Investment Management. MFS noted in ...

ASX companies under the spotlight for global investor engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... companies. It is difficult because it is a subjective issue to a certain degree." Davila noted that information such as employee satisfaction surveys, metrics like injury rates and other metrics are useful, but engaging with companies provides a fuller ...

EISS Super takes on ESG risk analytics with State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... principles available on State Street's ESG analytics platform, such as water and waste management, labour practices, employee diversity and inclusion, business model resilience, and business ethics, among other indicators. "We designed the system with ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... is a key part of the S or Social component in ESG and we look for indicators around human capital management such as employee hiring and retention," Signori said. "It also goes to governance, when we talk about the correlation between more diverse boards ...

Opinion: 2021 Reboot: three ways to innovate for impact

WARWICK PEEL, GORDON NOBLE  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... agencies in Australia, and ASX listed companies, IdeaScale does this with governments and industry across the world with employee, customer and citizen-led crowdsourcing. The pandemic has shaken the world. The global economy is uneasy and geopolitics ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... say as an organisation, how are we positioned and what is our response, and how do we tackle that through the customer, employee and investor lenses. That's an interesting one." More than one-third - 35% of HR leaders - of those businesses evolving their ...

Perennial sustainable small cap fund shows double-digit returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Perennial Value Management has renamed its sustainable small cap equities fund the Perennial Better Future Trust as the fund marks three years of returns at 15.57% pa. Perennial Value Management integrates ESG considerations into its investment process ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Aware Super continues to build its affordable housing portfolio with the addition of a new development in Greater Western Sydney. The $135 billion superannuation fund will construct 300 affordable housing units and 8750 square metres of office and retail ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... within its own organisation and the private equity industry more broadly. Neuberger Berman is a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager that maintains a range of strategies-including equity, fixed income, quantitative and multi-asset ...

Social premium on the rise: Federated Hermes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... research from Federated Hermes. Federated Hermes' data methodology has shown that outperformance on social factors such as employee health and safety has actually increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and is up from 15 basis points per month in 2018 ...