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Super fund ESG option tops charts with investment returns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... last three years, the fund has returned 17.18%, over five years, 14.24%, and over seven years, 13.67%. The fund's benchmark is to achieve returns (after taxes and investment expenses, before deducting account-based fees) that are at least 4.5% p.a. ...

Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia (RIAA). RIAA commented on levels of disclosure in the responsible investment universe in its most recent annual benchmark for the Australian responsible investment industry. Of the 165 investment managers in the Responsible Investment Research ...

Positive ESG impact linked to financial performance: Melior

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... as its engagement activities since inception. In its first year, the Melior Australian Impact Fund outperformed the benchmark ASX300 by9.4% with an absolute return of 1.8$ and was ranked by Rainmaker in the top 10 Australian large cap equities managers. ...

Chronos Sustainability appoints Arisa Kishigami

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... transformation projects including the Transition Pathway Initiative, the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare and the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare. The firm has also played a principal role in supporting the investment industry's efforts ...

Responsible investment AUM grows, but disclosure lags: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... research from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA has published the Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2020 Australia in conjunction with KPMG. The annual report traces the growth and progress of the responsible investment ...

Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... that an equal-weighted investment strategy that invested in founder-CEO firms from 1993 to 2002 would have earned a benchmark-adjusted return of 8.3% annually, and after controlling for firm characteristics, CEO characteristics and industry affiliation ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Events in 2020, including the bushfire season, the COVID-19 pandemic and the "global conversation on inequality highlighted by the Black Lives Matter movement" have raised the issues of capacity, resilience and interdependency to the forefront of engagements ...

ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies lack tax transparency: PWYP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
ASX-listed mining, gas and oil companies are "falling behind key transparency measures" on disclosing payments to governments in countries in which they operate, according to new research from Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia. Robyn Parkin, sustainability ...

UK pension fund to divest half its portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
This article was written by Jamie Williamson and originally appeared in sister publication Financial Standard. The UK's National Employment Savings Trust, known as NEST, will immediately shift close to half of its entire portfolio to climate aware strategies ...

Majority of asset owners identify ESG importance: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
A wide majority of Australian asset owners believe that ESG considerations are either very important or moderately important to setting investment strategy and implementation, according to a recent survey conducted by consultancy bfinance. bfinance ...