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Seeking financial, positive impact in SME investments: Beckon Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Growth equity investor Beckon Capital is developing a fund to invest in small and medium-sized businesses that provide financial return and demonstrable social and environmental impact. The focus is on investing in assets that provide sustainability ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... material issues can provide a source of long term financial return. Q&A with Irmak Surenkok, portfolio specialist in the Equity Division at T. Rowe Price Q: How do E, S and G factors influence the consideration of Emerging market stocks? A: Governance ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... to learn additional information on ESG matters. Credit managers, of course, lack the tool of the proxy vote that public equity owners have, but the impact of material ESG information goes into the calculation of spreads, which ultimately impacts on overall ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental and social impacts of listed equity investments with the goal of demonstrating how investment capital in public markets can create additional positive outcomes ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... systemic risks identified by the WEF. "DWS is bringing those transformational investments not just residing in the private equity and debt universe, but bringing them into other asset classes as well," said Michael Lewis, head of ESG thematic research. ...

Future Super to reduce fees on fund options

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Pinnacle compliance committee and director and chair of the audit and risk committee for Perpetual Super and Perpetual Equity Investment Company. Future Super has also bolstered its investment committee, appointing both Karen McLeod and Geraldine Barlow-Bolt. ...

Report calls out AIA's coal-based assets, policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... by asset class, they estimate that AIA could hold from US$4.1-5.8 billion of coal and coal-fired power exposure in its equity, corporate credit, and quasi-government/SOE credit portfolios combined. That estimated amount of $4-6 billion would be a range ...

CSC partners with Osmosis IM on sustainable strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation is partnering with Osmosis Investment Management to launch an environmentally sustainable equity strategy. CSC, the $50 billion fund for government employees, will partner with Osmosis to launch a Resource Efficient ...

Robeco launches SDG-linked credit income fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... with a negative assessment. During the first quarter of 2020, the big volatility causes a huge selloff in risky assets in equity and credit markets, and what we saw is that the companies that had positive impacts on the SDGs did relatively compared to ...

Long short strategies used in environmental equities fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
A BNP Paribas Asset Management equity fund is using long/short strategies to identify in companies that are either finding opportunities in, or facing, the challenges that come with climate change and the global transition to a lower carbon economy. ...