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Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... FTSE 100, have experienced their worst quarter since 1987. The MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI), an index of equities from developed and emerging markets, fell by a third from its peak in early February to its quarterly low in late March, Takatsuki ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Exchange traded funds (ETFs) with ethical screens are showing similar trajectory. BetaShares' ethical ETFS - the Australian equities ETF FAIR and the international equities ETF ETHI - have shown similar outperformance. Fair is down 20.77% year to date ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... polluters, despite the evolutionary path they're on," said Kathryn McDonald, Head of Sustainable Investing, AXA IM Rosenberg Equities. "It's incumbent on us as an industry to be forthcoming in what can we achieve with divestment. As common equity holders ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... integrating value, momentum and quality factors," the fund manager said. The mandate is managed by Robeco's Quantitative Equities team, which consists of more than 40 portfolio managers and quantitative researchers dedicated to quantitative investing ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... revenue will investors be prepared to give up by recalling loans to ensure voting. "Some investors will want to vote on all equities with no exceptions, Snowdon said. "Others will be happy to vote on a percentage of each equity, or on contentious votes ...

Small, mid-caps list governance, social as top ESG concerns: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... of drought and bushfires, to see where greenhouse gas emissions and water use comes in," said Emlie O'Neill, ESG and equities analyst at Perennial. "Remuneration probably become a stronger focus as well, given the work around the financial regulator ...

BetaShares ethical ETFs surpass $1 billion funds under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... funds (ETFs) have passed the $1 billion funds under management, fuelled by around $300 million in inflows to the two equities ETFs in the past three months. BetaShares Ethical ETFs FUM BetaShares points to the coincidence of the spike of inflows into ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) standards in emerging market equities are improving, and form an important part of the investment framework for value investing, said T. Rowe Price. Irmak Surenkok, portfolio specialist in the Equity ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... exclusions of tobacco and controversial weapons came through engagement with clients, said Leslie Mao, Australian head of equities, Willis Tower Watson. "The tobacco and controversial weapons exclusion was developed around engagement and understanding ...

VicSuper: $3 billion in assets linked to sustainable outcomes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... with Sustainalytics to do that initial report. They've been working on building out their database as it applies to the equities portfolio and we decided to work with them because we wanted that collaborative relationship. "As we're starting to go out ...