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Majority of super funds not disclosing portfolio holdings: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... at option level. But funds should try to move towards having that capability. But for ESG investment options it's different. Their holdings should be declared as a matter of course." According to the 2020 Super Fund Portfolio Holdings Study the most ...

Call for education on difference between sustainable, impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... important, and to me, the next stage and one that we're moving into more is the impact investing space, and it's very different," Drennan said. "Rather than being neutral from the perspective of doing no harm, it's about having an intention ...

QBE makes allocation to impact investment fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... portion of investment funds derived from the Premiums4Good, social and environmental impact investments potentially have a different asset exposure and profile that may lead to risk or return diversification. At the time, QBE told FS Sustainability investments ...

PRI executive appointed to European Platform on Sustainable Finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... careful balance in selecting people from a wide range of sectors including civil society, industry and academia, and with different skills. I look forward to working closely with the Platform over the next months." The European Commission is committed ...

BlackRock details engagement activity in stewardship report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... interesting things about this concept of purpose is that it provides a language for companies to articulate it to all the different stakeholders that they need to engage," she said." If you think about a company tying back to its purpose, that goes to ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks

JOSHUA KENDALL  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... often contradictory, sometimes wrong. For example, for Wirecard, three of the most prominent data providers offered very different assessments (lower percentile suggests higher risk; ESG rating 1 is the highest rating and 5 the lowest on our scale) ...

Head of sustainability salaries revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... bringing that into the mix. "You might have an organisation with a strong social focus on sustainability, so it's a different skill set again." Larger companies that put the head of sustainability in a vice-president role, overseeing people with ...

Northern Trust outlines social, environmental challenges to road ahead

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Reimaging capitalism and reengaging with climate risk are two of the broad themes that will affect financial markets over the next five years, according to Northern Trust. Northern Trust has updated their capital market assumptions, forecasting global ...

ESG scores linked to higher stock valuation: Bank of America

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
Stocks with higher environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have outperformed companies with lower ESG scores, according to Bank of America. Good ESG companies typically have better return on equity, lower earnings volatility and lower share ...

Climate change to bring more frequent, intense weather: IAG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020  |  NEWS
... latest climate science as at July 2020 and examines the effect climate change will have on extreme weather events across different parts of Australia to enable businesses, governments and the community to understand and plan for the impacts of climate ...