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Integrating climate impacts in quant strategies: Acadian Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... reduction targets in place with horizons between now and 2050, and these considerations are having an impact on corporate strategy and planning. Discerning which companies are taking the appropriate action to set those plans in motion to help determine ...

Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... partner with ANZ Investments to manage a number of strategies including a quantitative sustainable global credit corporate strategy and a Quantitative sustainable global equity strategy," Northern Trust Asset Management head of Australia and New Zealand ...

PRI recgonises leaders for climate reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Neuberger Berman also appeared on the list for its actions, which included implementing a firm-wide climate-related corporate strategy in line with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) assigning responsibilities and oversight ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... engagements from July 1 2019 to June 30 2020, an increase of 48% over the previous year, with board quality, corporate strategy and environmental risks as the key element of conversations. BlackRock grounds its stewardship activities in its role as fiduciary ...

The Sustainability Report relaunched as FS Sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... social and corporate governance (ESG) factors are integrated into both retail and institutional investment, and corporate strategy across ASX listed companies. The rebrand to FS Sustainability reflects the alignment of the publication with Financial ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... customers, supplies and other stakeholders. Lazard Asset Management noted in a paper, What COVID-19 Means for Corporate Strategy that "depth and breadth of response suggests to us that companies are beginning to understand the importance of wider stakeholder ...

Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... number of companies that have net-cash balance sheets or modest debt levels." The role of share buybacks as a corporate strategy may be more influenced by corporate culture than by the executive remuneration plans of executives, Marshall said. "It has ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... Climate Risk. JPMAM will engage with companies on embedding and disclosing climate risk considerations into corporate strategy as outlined by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Governance. JPMAM "values a strong corporate ...

Consultation paper seeks comment on disclosure of SDGs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... the SDGs. "The whole purpose of reporting and getting boards involved on this issue has to be about changing corporate strategy, what business does, and how it does it," Adams said "That has to be the ultimate aim. We haven't set target out in the document ...

Australian businesses seek positive social impact: Deloitte

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019  |  NEWS
... Hillard notes that these considerations go beyond volunteering projects and pro bono work, and into the heart of corporate strategy. "It is a lot more profound. That idea of donating volunteer time is just the base level," Hillard said. "Certainly a ...