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SSGA to vote against ASX100, global ESG laggards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... begin voting against board members of companies that are laggards on ESG performance. Benjamin Colton, head of asset stewardship, Asia Pacific, SSGA CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced in his annual letter to corporate boards that they will "take appropriate ...

VFMC hires Talieh Williams as head of investment stewardship

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
The Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has hired Talieh Williams to the role of head of investment stewardship. Talieh Williams A spokesperson for VMFC confirmed that Williams will join the fund 3 February and will report to CIO Russell Clarke. ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... the strategy with the management team." Part of that strategy-setting encompasses ESG issues. First Sentier takes a stewardship approach across its funds business, and within direct infrastructure, the focus is on developing an "ESG philosophy" and implementing ...

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... reported against TCFD at November 2019. RIAA also notes that 49% of the funds examined were signatories to one of two stewardship codes - 8 super funds are members of the Financial Services Council and adhere to its stewardship code, while 14 super funds ...

TCorp issues record-breaking $1.8bn Sustainability Bond

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... considered as either dark green or light green investors. This issue attracted an investor base with an overarching ESG stewardship applied over the whole portfolio" Trigona said. "These investors were seeking assets with a green or ESG focus." Five ...

Fiduciary duty, regulatory environment top ESG push factors: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... according to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA). Rakhi Kumar, Managing Director and Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) SSGA has released a report, Into the Mainstream: ESG at the Tipping Point, looking ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... investing; exclusion of tobacco and controversial weapons; and ongoing engagement with portfolio companies via Hermes stewardship overlay. "We like to have a very concentrated portfolio with the best ten to 20 investment ideas," said Stuart Gray, portfolio ...

Colonial First State launches Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019  |  NEWS
... partnership with global investment management firm Baillie Gifford, with the launch of the Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund. The fund "gives investors access to a stock-driven global portfolio that combines the best elements of stewardship, governance ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments hires Danielle Welsh-Rose

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... Management Corporation, where she was head of ESG. She reports to Euan Stirling, ASI's Edinburgh-based global head of stewardship and ESG investment for functional responsibilities and to Brett Jollie, managing director - Australia for business matters. ...

RIAA launches refreshed Certification Program

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... performance, benchmark, investable universe, sustainability outcomes and engagement and voting practices Active stewards - stewardship practices, such as engagement and voting and the improved outcomes of these practices Organisation has a demonstrated ...