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Sustainalytics CEO discusses impact of Morningstar ownership stake

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017  |  NEWS
... see the demand rising from the market. They have a major presence in Australia as well, of course. ESG/sustainable investment, whatever you want to call it - is one of Morningstar's strategic priorities, and from the Sustainalytics perspective, it has ...

Pengana selects WHEB Asset Management to manage Hunter Hall Global Deep Green Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... screen, but there isn't a fund in Australia that we could find that approaches the issues of positive screen, sustainable investment, as directly and comprehensively as the WHEB product does. We were very impressed by their impact reporting." Myers described ...

BNP Paribas Asset Management launches Environmental Equity Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... sustainable products and with the launch of the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust we are now offering a sustainable investment option with a nine-year strategy track record." The Trust is Australian-domiciled and available to Australian and New ...

Man Group appoints Steven Desmyter head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Committee and part of the Tobacco Free Portfolios Working Group. Mitchell has written and presented widely on sustainable investment and social-political issues, including in Institutional Investor, London Review of Books, Global Times, Aftenposten and ...

Acorns launches ethical investment portfolio option Emerald Portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... more attuned to the social impact of their actions than other demographics and are driving the interest in sustainable investment. However, they also don't want to give up their ability to get returns," Lucas said. "The Emerald Portfolio allows them ...

Investors decry decision by United States president to withdraw from Paris Agreement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017  |  NEWS
... Agreement is key to ensuring investors have the confidence to continue to support this transition." The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, the collaboration of leading national sustainable investment bodies from Europe, the US, the UK, the Netherlands ...

Majority of APAC investors have an ESG investment framework: State Street

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... social and governance (ESG) framework in their investment process. Kastrapeli, vice president, head of sustainable investment research at State Street's Centre for Applied Research State Street's Centre for Applied Research surveyed 582 institutional ...

Global sustainable, responsible, impact assets hit $22tr: GSIA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... beginning of 2016, including $516 billion in assets from Australia/New Zealand, according to the 2016 Global Sustainable Investment Review (GSIA). Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO Compiled by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), the report analysis ...

ACSI appoints two new members to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017  |  NEWS
... Michael Pennisi, CEO, QSuper, Antony Thow, CEO, LUCRF Super and Talieh Williams, manager, governance and sustainable investment, UniSuper.

CEFC invests $75m in new Palisade Investment Partners fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017  |  NEWS
... Lonergan, CEFC investment funds lead. "At the same time, institutional investors have a growing appetite for sustainable investment opportunities which can diversify their portfolios and meet the needs of their members. This new fund is specifically ...