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HSBC, Pollination Group to launch natural capital asset manager

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... that means carbon, biodiversity, and water credits, and we'll be doing that." The joint venture will also provide stewardship and evaluation of the investments, enabling investors to quantitatively measure impact. "One of the plans is to develop ...

CFA Institute developing disclosure standards for ESG products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... positive, measurable social or environmental impact alongside a financial return. 6. Proxy voting, Engagement and Stewardship: Uses rights and position of ownership to influence issuers' or companies' activities or behaviors. CFA Societies Australia ...

Investors to increase climate-linked passive investments: DWS Group

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... is changing, and the action is changing, in that as we have demonstrated in the report, 66% of our clients require stewardship capabilities in terms of policy and track records as part of the selection of managers." DWS takes a "critical/constructive" ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... equivalent index over the financial year; -2.6% for the ESG Equities index, versus -2.5% for the overall index. "ESG stewardship is all about rethinking long-run risks and preparing for them," Dunnin noted. "While all trustees should be thinking this ...

ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... Investing team collaborated with a working group of 19 senior portfolio managers, research analysts and investment stewardship specialists across the firm to define a firmwide approach to ESG integration. "One of the earliest teams to adopt the framework ...

First State Super-backed Victorian fund makes first investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... including fund manager selection, investment decisions, and engagement with companies as part of the fund's asset stewardship program.

J.P. Morgan Asset Management launches ESG integration policy statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... and Data pillar develops ESG research by partnering with investors across asset classes and with data The Investment Stewardship pillar is responsible for an "investment-led, expert-driven stewardship approach, engaging with companies and voting proxies ...

First State Super targets 30% emissions reduction in equities portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... including fund manager selection, investment decisions, and engagement with companies as part of the fund's asset stewardship program. "We are seeing more severe climate impacts, and the science really showing us that we need to act now," said Liza McDonald ...

Carbon emissions need to peak "as soon as possible": AXA IM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... pathway by 2030 could be done through these gains, in terms of energy efficiency." According to AXA IM's 2019 Global Stewardship Report, climate change accounted for more than 40% of the investment manager's total engagement with companies. In a 12-month ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... or external research from a third party, there is also a huge emphasis on the qualitative side, and a big focus on stewardship and being an active owner here. The portfolio managers spend a lot of time engaging with company and management, because that's ...