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Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... climate risks materialize is a challenging task, Robeco noted. In addition to divestment policies to decarbonize broad equity portfolios, investors could also explicitly target investments in companies that help the transition to a low or zero-carbon ...

Investing for the day after tomorrow: Janus Henderson

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and broad demographic challenges and opportunities, according to Janus Henderson. The Janus Henderson Global Sustainable Equity Strategy invests in companies whose products and services are "considered by the investment manager as contributing to positive ...

Investing in the low-carbon transition: Ninety One

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... managing climate change and their transition and exposures to a low carbon future economy, because "governments and private equity funds can't make up the shortfall by themselves, said Deirdre Cooper, portfolio manager, Ninety One. One of the pathways ...

AustralianSuper backs net-zero emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... its portfolio to net-zero outcomes by 2050. Since 2013, AustralianSuper has been measuring the carbon intensity of its equity portfolios via external consultant S&P/Trucost, and has made significant progress in reducing its carbon intensity by 44%, director ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... the economy from the volatility of the transition away from the fossil fuel based economy, it can soften the impact on equity risk premia, because of the historic link between commodity price volatility, GDP volatility and equity risk premia. Wu said ...

Northern Trust scores win in Vanguard reversal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... strategies including a quantitative sustainable global credit corporate strategy and a Quantitative sustainable global equity strategy," Northern Trust Asset Management head of Australia and New Zealand Bert Rebelo. Other funds that the manager change ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... Rainmaker's data set returned +2.3% in the past 12 months, and 7.5% over the past three years. The universe contains a mix of equity, bond, and diversified strategies covering both Australian and global markets. Australian Ethical's Emerging ...

First Sentier publishes Modern Slavery Statement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... closely together, and there was a lot of sharing of ideas between investment teams," FSI identified high level risks in the equity and fixed income investment teams in consumer discretionary - in particular retailers, apparel and technology; health care ...

Industry fund lifts game on SRI options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... investments such as property with six-star energy ratings, essential worker affordable housing, as well as our private equity initiatives such as our recent investments in battery storage businesses." Earlier this year Aware Super announced ambitious ...

Vanguard expands Ethically Conscious product range

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... head of product at Vanguard Australia. "The complement to the products we launched today - the Ethically Conscious global equity and global bond funds, have been in the market for about 2 years now." Vanguard Australia manages $3.5 billion across its ...