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VFMC hires to investment stewardship team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022  |  NEWS
... VFMC's investment stewardship policy, their investment stewardship approach focuses on four key areas of work: active ownership, ESG integration, undertaking major ESG projects, and collaboration. "The field of investment stewardship is broad and encompasses ...

HESTA first super fund to oppose AGL demerger

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... managing risks to enable long-term value creation this AGM season. "The events at AGL represent a watershed in active ownership in this country. Shareholders are pushing for greater action on climate change and a more rapid transition that aims to enhance ...

Investors putting climate change at centre of strategy: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... considering engagement as effective or very effective. Investors cite a number of factors in increasing their focus on active ownership and engagement - overall, 66% give ensuring governance standards comply with good practice as a motivation, while ...

Identifying female leadership as driver of value: Vontobel

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022  |  NEWS
... focused in on the material issues relating to gender diversity that investors can influence through engagement and active ownership, including looking at the so-called "broken rung", whereby women join companies, but then fail to advance into more senior ...

Using ESG signals part of shorting strategy: Plato Investment Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... make returns on the short side," Allen said. "Then you add in the other benefits of shorting/engagement from an active ownership perspective." "We can hold a position for as short as six months, and if we feel we have that wrong, we'll absolutely recycle ...

HESTA's former head of impact launches consultancy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... you do," she said. "For example, if you look at Rio - and we were dealing with them at quite a high level in an active ownership fashion, while we were engaging with executives and board members there, their employees were also demanding answers of senior ...

American Century outlines 2022 sustainability priorities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... focusing on, such as biodiversity and circular economy, are correlated and intersecting, which Hughes says is why an active ownership and stewardship approach is the strategic pathway for the fund manager. "For example, with circular economy, 34% of ...

Robeco outlines four themes for 2022 engagement

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
... issues, you must have a response as to why you hold it, and are you using engagement to facilitate the process. "Active ownership is increasing year on year because it's not only a risk mitigation on entity level or firm level, but now it's across ...

ESG adds performance boost to equity funds: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... foundation. RIAA sets out seven RI capabilities: ESG integration; negative screening; norms-based screening; active ownership; positive screening; sustainability-themed investments; and impact investing. The ERIG Index also uses criteria from the UN ...

Tightening climate focus on world's biggest emitters: Aviva Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2021  |  NEWS
... commitments, investors are reiterating that they are assessing their risk and opportunity sets and how the tools of active ownership can be used in line with their responsibilities to return long-term savings for clients. Q&A with Mirza Baig, global ...