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Fink counts the cost of "easy money" in annual letter

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
BlackRock chairman Larry Fink warned that dominos may be starting to fall as global economies count the price of more than a decade of easy money in his annual letter to investors. In a letter where ESG and climate change took a backseat to concerns ...

Australian Ethical divests from Lendlease over koala concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
Concerns over the survival of a healthy koala colony in south-western Sydney has triggered Australian Ethical to divest its holdings in Lendlease Group. Australian Ethical has sold its shares in Lendlease over the planned development at Mt Gilead in ...

Australian Ethical hires CIO, head of impacts and ethics

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... years' experience. He joined Australian Ethical in 2021 and has held senior investment roles at as well as strategy and portfolio management roles at CLSA, Macquarie Group, and IBM. "Australian Ethical's significant leadership and global reputation ...

Resource-efficient companies more resilient: Impax AM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... quality of life through more efficient healthcare and a focus on consumer well-being. Impax is also in conversations with portfolio companies about the risks and potential opportunities related to biodiversity. "There's clearly an opportunity in the ...

Activist investor launches Santos campaign

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... responsible Santos." A number of super funds hold shares in Santos. According to analysis by Rainmaker Information using portfolio holding disclosure of MySuper options as of June 2022, Rest's MySuper had the largest allocation to Santos, holding $304 ...

First Super taps IFM Investors for ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... ESG with a focus on governance and labour rights. The new strategy is designed to provide exposure to a diversified portfolio of global (ex-Australia) publicly listed companies, with an aggregate overweight to those that have demonstrated a commitment ...

Cybersecurity tops ESG priorities for ASX companies: Perennial

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... are going to be better positioned to respond when these become mandatory." Perennial has set a target of having all portfolio companies report at least Scope 1 and 2 emissions and setting targets to align with the Paris agreement by 2025. When it comes ...

Exploding the glass cliff myth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... investigate why when companies increase their diversity, there is also financial outperformance," said senior quantitative portfolio manager Joanna Nash. "We're asking what's driving that and why - when you have great diversity, when you have ...

Podcast: What's next for green bonds?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... opportunities to invest in issuance from companies that are moving to reduce their carbon intensity while developing a portfolio of investments that will achieve investment returns that are aligned with decarbonisation.

Push for greater ESG alignment in C-Suite pay

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... 6% of ASX 300 companies have any link between executive remuneration and ESG factors. By comparison, 10% of Melior's portfolio companies have linkages between remuneration and ESG factors. "Companies say that ESG is value-creative because they can attract ...