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Tech platform to assist ASX companies in ESG reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... future impact of pollution, particulate matter, water impact, as well as carbon emissions," Wedin said. "We want to benchmark against that, and continuously feed that back into the company."

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... of the reasons we tried to focus on the sustainability area exclusively is the frustration we felt at seeing, within benchmark ESG portfolios, numerous assets that just don't make sense," Lees said. "Frequently they had elevated scores by virtue of having ...

Assessing climate research as part of fund manager performance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Managers' research into expected impacts on asset class returns form an input in manager selection processes, Lew added. "We benchmark our views and see where they sit in comparison to industry expectations," she said. "We believe that we always face ...

ESG funds continue strong performance: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... option returned 3.0% and Australian Catholic Super's Employer's Socially Responsible option returned 2.8%. The benchmark was 0.6% Further, research from Rainmaker Information shows that that the top performing balanced funds on a risk-adjusted ...

Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Aviva Investors has launched a fund a climate-change fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by ...

Global fund manager joins Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... aims of the initiative and working constructively with focus companies to deliver on the Climate Action 100+ Net-Zero Benchmark." Recently, Climate Action 100+ augmented its focus list of companies for engagement, including several new Australian listed ...

Industry super cuts emissions exposures by 40%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
An industry superannuation fund has cut the carbon emission exposures of its equities portfolios by 40% over the previous year through the introduction of carbon-constrained benchmarks. Aware Super has created a new series of listed equities benchmarks ...

Climate Action 100+ adds companies to engagement list

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... engagement, they will not be subject to the initial round of assessment under the Climate Action 100+ Net-Zero Company Benchmark, to be release next year, but will be included in future assessments/. The additional companies are in sectors already being ...

Victorian social housing commitment potential opportunity for impact investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
The Victorian state government has committed $5.3 billion to build social and community housing over the next four years, a move that could catalyse impact investment in social and affordable housing. Earlier this week, Premier Daniel Andrews announced ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... our universe was much smaller," Seery said. "Within the last two years, our universe has grown to the same size as our benchmark, so from an allocation and a diversity of opportunity perspective, it's there. However, the fact remains that we have consistently ...