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ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... defined by lack of earnings growth. "There has been little growth in a lot of resource stocks. They are extractive industries and need price rises of commodities to increase earnings. These are stocks that are pretty much excluded by ESG filters. Growth ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... superannuation has today," said Kirstin Hunter, Future Super CEO. "Rather than let their retirement savings prop up failing industries, more and more Australians are taking matters into their own hands and investing their superannuation to build a future ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Nation. Talent Nation collected information from over 200 companies in Australia and New Zealand, across a variety of industries and locations. The average salary was $314,159, but there are differences based on location and industry sector. Zenith creates ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... governance (ESG) factors into investment decision making to identify "well-managed companies that are leaders in their industries, that are more forward-thinking, better at anticipating and mitigating risk, and focused on the long-term," the firm said. ...

Government to launch inquiry into financial sector and climate risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... insurers were not extending finance and insurance to projects in the fossil fuel and mining sector, saying that resources industries were still a significant part of the Australian economy and employment. Erwin Jackson, policy director at the Investor ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... crucially, whether or not they are good investments." The EARTH strategy pairs its long-only strategies within green industries by shorting firms against sector peers that are greening their business models more slowly - or not at all. This creates what ...

Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... company is actually allocating R&D around cleaner tech, more energy efficient assets, and there are examples in different industries in the way that they might do that." With that as the basis, it becomes more possible to see which companies are taking ...

Perception of ethics rises off back of COVID response: Governance Institute

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Australians see society as more ethical than a year ago, but the finance, banking and insurance industries are at the bottom of ethical sectors, according to the Governance Institute of Australia's Ethics Index 2020. The survey of a thousand people's ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... trillion in assets under management. IAST APAC sent a letter to the ASX100, signalling their shared concerns about industries and supply chains, with particular concern over "industries and supply chains where there is a significant use of vulnerable ...

Companies pledge 100% renewable energy by 2025

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... also contribute to a better tomorrow by making green energy accessible to more Australians." Earlier this week, BINGO Industries also joined RE100 and will also achieve 100%$ renewable energy across its network of facilities by 2025. "BINGO is committed ...