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AICD presses case for stakeholder role in governance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... and damage caused when decisions are disconnected from stakeholder interests, according to a new guide to stakeholder engagement by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD). Because directors have a duty to act in the best interest of the ...

Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... values. The report explores what clients value most in their wealth management relationships across service models, engagement choices and value-aligned advice. "Australian clients were relatively consistent with the global statistics in that 76% did ...

Calculating value of biodiversity: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Biodiversity and the value of ecosystem services are a critical part of a healthy global economy, with investors working to calculate risk and opportunity on investment portfolios. BNP Paribas Asset Management has named biodiversity as one of its key ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... glance which investment and super funds are providing stronger screens and more transparency around holdings, voting and engagement," she says. "Open discussions like this are another way an adviser can involve their client." In addition to evolving ...

Using total portfolio management to gain China, ESG exposure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... to provide a consistent framework for identifying good practice across all asset managers, as well as a way to guide engagement with those managers," Yin said. "We want to make sure that sustainability principles and polices are set by the leadership ...

Perennial launches boutique ESG business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... believe in it and think it's a really important thing for us to be doing," Cottier says. "We will have a lot more engagement in allocation and resources going forward." Perennial Partners' broader distribution team and 15 investment analysts ...

NZ climate disclosure legislation to affect Australian entities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... disclose that information to both markets. Climate change and climate risk has become an increasingly important topic of engagement for investors in A2 Milk, with a spokesman for the A2 Milk Company noting that asset owners are instructing their fund ...

ASX100 ESG underperformers in global manager's crosshairs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... company performance on environmental, social and governance grounds. Started with the 2020 proxy season, SSGA increased engagement with companies they consider laggards, and in the case of companies that they deemed "not committed to engaging with us ...

Assessing ambition of green bonds: BNP Paribas Asset Management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... criteria in additional to green credentials to make an investment case, Sheng noted. "We also tend to do a post issuance engagement," Sheng said. "Starting last year we had between 50 to 60 calls with issuers. That's ex-post engagement. If the result ...

Investors shifting to net zero targets: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... economies have grown in terms of emissions." Peppelenbos also noted that investors in the Asia Pacific region also rely on engagement and voting as strategies to manage climate risks in their portfolios. One of the issues that investors need to grapple ...