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Podcast: Disability inclusion - the missing piece of ESG investing with Corene Strauss

THE GREENER WAY  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... compensation claims to better leadership styles, disability inclusion has emerged as the missing puzzle piece in DEI and ESG investing. Yet, people with disabilities are employed at a rate 30% lower than the general population. So why are so many organisations ...

ESG demand still high for advisers

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... our industry is change," Rachel Alembakis, stewardship manager at U Ethical said. "The broad umbrella category of ESG investing has seen real swings and rallies this decade - with strong returns and massive inflows from 2020 to 2022 as stocks with strong ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... practices translates into return dispersion that in turn creates risk for those investors who select among different ESG investing products. In other words, fund selection risk is a material ESG issue."

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Higher interest rates have affected company valuations and the performance of renewable energy stocks. Aversion to ESG investing, driven by political motives, has impacted asset allocation in the US - particularly in red states, where US state government-controlled ...

Does sustainable investing underperform?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... assesses the performance of sustainable investing from a value-weighted portfolio of ETFs that follow systematic ESG investing strategies in the US equity market. The study concluded that sustainable investing did not deliver higher returns than standard ...

Australian self-directed investors lead world on ESG

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 29 AUG 2023  |  NEWS
... geopolitics," Algeo said. Across more than 17,000 financial markets provided by IG, the study found the most popular ESG investing products are exchange traded funds provided by Blackrock, Vanguard, and Betashares. Respondents gave three angles on why ...

ASIC takes Vanguard to court over further greenwashing claims

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... process and investing in improved technology to support PDS production "Vanguard is committed to serving our clients ESG investing needs and will continue to enhance our ESG product management, oversight and disclosure, in addition to actively working ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary problem?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
... a barrier to fiduciary duty, panellists argued that embracing ESG principles is in the interest of stakeholders. ESG investing, they said, provides a holistic approach that broadens the evaluation criteria for investments and promotes risk reduction ...

Executive appointment roundup: First Sentier, MaxCap, Northcape, Federated Hermes

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... with Articles 8 and 9 of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation, and won an award for his research at the ESG Investing Awards 2023. Established in 2021, the institute publishes research on a range of sustainability and sustainable investment ...

Podcast: Getting ESG credentials - Tianna Rose

THE GREENER WAY  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... Rose, an associate adviser at Verse Wealth. The CFA Institute in recent years has introduced the Certificate in ESG Investing in Australia, designed to give investment professionals the benchmark knowledge and skills they require to integrate ESG factors ...