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Using climate scenarios to assess company risks, return

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... (ASI). ASI uses climate scenario analysis as part of its ongoing research process, said ASI deputy head of Australian equities and Asian equities Natalie Tam. "We translate climate scenarios into financial impacts at the individual stock level," Tam ...

ASX companies face heightened stakeholder scrutiny

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
Australian companies will face heightened scrutiny from stakeholders and are still managing the impacts of the Hayne Royal Commission on best practice in corporate governance, according to new research. EquitiesFirst, an asset-backed lending firm, in ...

"Booming" demand for ESG specialists

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... Castillo was most recently at Ellerston Capital where he was part of a team of six managing around $3 billion in Australian equities, and previously worked as a senior portfolio manager and Australian equities analyst at AMP Capital. Additionally, FTSE ...

Using quant approaches to implement climate change targets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021  |  NEWS
... implement decarbonising targets into investment portfolios, according to Acadian Asset Management. Acadian, a quantitative equities manager, integrates environmental, social and governance data widely through portfolio processes, rather than using a ...

S&P Dow Jones launches new ESG indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... ESG versions of many of our most well-known and respected benchmarks such as our Dividend Aristocrats and flagship U.S. equities index family," says Reid Steadman, global head of ESG Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "The S&P ESG Dividend Aristocrats ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... would not otherwise be able to access," she says. There is more product coming to market that targets positive impact in equities and fixed income strategies that are available to retail investors, but Williams explains the majority are restricted to ...

Rest launches Sustainable Growth option

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... on the expertise of global responsible investment leader, Calvert Research, to construct the Australian and Overseas equities portfolio of this new option," said Andrew Lill, chief investment officer, Rest. The equities portion of the option feature ...

Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... - we want to see good engagement with key stakeholders on sustainability issues. We want to see in the area of public equities voting records, and then the fourth is really that point about improving the system - we like to see practice that asset managers ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... The new boutique investment firm will be led by Damian Cottier, portfolio manager, with Emilie O'Neill as ESG and equities analyst, and George Whiting, who will head up the institutional and retail business development for the boutique. It's ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... investors," Peppelenbos said. "We have a couple of strategies specifically devised for that on the fixed income side and the equities side, we have a couple of thematic approaches that play to the energy transition, but there is much more demand for ...