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Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... first cab off the rank was aligning the fund to the ACSI stewardship code, which meant making a commitment around transparency and accountability as an asset owner," she said. "We developed an active ownership and engagement policy complete with objectives. ...

Pivot to virtual AGMs, communication offer opportunities: Redback Connect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... transcripts; 21% lacked participant visibility; 18% experienced technical issues; 12% said there was lack of cost transparency; and 12% experienced low operator professionalism. "Moving to a virtual format can make it a lot easier for the IR professional ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... "gripped by panic", restricting the ability to short sell "is in the best interest of promoting a more orderly market." Transparency concerns drive lender integration of ESG, said Bridget Realmuto LaPerla, head of ESG research at State Street Associates. ...

CEFC to oversee $300m Advancing Hydrogen Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... pathway to technical and commercial viability of renewable hydrogen in Australia and provide price discovery and transparency in relation to the current and projected economics for renewable hydrogen technologies."

Property Council of Australia develops platform for modern slavery data

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... integral to the solution because part of the proposal was to build out supplier knowledge and capability to provide more transparency year on year, Mellon said. "One of the outcomes from the project is that, understandably, everybody is at different ...

ANZ companies report board level climate oversight, more needed: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... progress on corporate climate action at the regional level, as well as the challenges in ramping up ambition, increasing transparency, and adopting best practices. "We focused primarily on the four TCFD pillars," Andersen said. "In most of those areas ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... responsibilities to people and the planet," said Tim Mohin, GRI chief executive. "At GRI, we strive to unlock the corporate transparency needed to effect change. So, I am delighted to be welcoming Siobhan and Thijs, to help us strengthen the position ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... KBC Asset Management, NN Investment Partners and PGGM. PSSL is organised around eight core principles - alignment, transparency, tax voting, collateral, short selling, stakeholder involvement, and innovation. "PSSL is the council's first attempt of offering ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... uses for investment decisions, the spokesperson said, pointing to "factors like lack of standardisation, lack of transparency in ESG reporting, limitations of third-party ESG data providers" as limitations to overall ESG integration. JPMAM's infrastructure ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... such as thermal coal producers; launching new investment products that screen fossil fuels" as well as increasing transparency. Furthermore there is an increase in consumer demand for ESG funds. Super money is flowing out of default funds and into ESG ...