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BlackRock hires former AMP Capital head to ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... hired Emily Woodland as one of two co-heads of Blackrock Sustainable Investing (BSI) for Asia Pacific. Woodland was formerly AMP Capital's head of sustainable investment, a role she held from 2018 until last year. In her former role, she led AMP Capital's ...

Rainmaker tracks gender diversity of ESG super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021  |  NEWS
Super funds that display ESG characteristics on average have women comprising 40% of trustee positions on fund boards and 44% of executive teams, according to research from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information has published these findings in ...

Social, governance risks to unequal global vaccine distribution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... funding commitments to support investment in COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and testing. Signatories from Australia include AMP Capital, Australian Ethical Investment, Aware Super, Ethical Partners Funds Management, HESTA, Local Government Super, and Statewide ...

ESG managed fund fees revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... throughout the December quarter. Morningstar's latest Sustainable Investing Landscape for Australian Fund Investors revealed AMP Capital, Pendal and Perpetual struggled to capture flows into their sustainable strategies.

Divestment should be tool of last resort on climate: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds need to set clear, transparent emissions reductions targets for their investment portfolios that are based on metrics that can be compared across the industry, according to recommendations from the Australasian Centre for Corporate ...

Social license to operate, stakeholder management key governance concerns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... considerations during this AGM season in Australia. The recent history of corporate scandals relating to poor conduct - Rio Tinto, AMP Capital, Crown Resorts as well as others - as well as managing the impacts of COVID-19 and the uncertainty relating ...

Australian Ethical tops $5 billion in assets under management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Australian Ethical Investment has surpassed $5 billion in funds under management, a growth figure that sets the company up to push further into existing markets and develop its relationships in the advisory space. Australian Ethical's funds under ...

First Sentier Investor hires IR director for direct infrastructure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... investor relations director for its direct infrastructure team. Kabashima joins First Sentier Investors after eight years at AMP Capital, where she was senior investment specialist for infrastructure debt strategies, and before that, portfolio manager ...

Companies expect increase in sales linked to sustainability: HSBC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Companies in Australia expect an increase in sales as a direct result of efforts to incorporate sustainability in their business, according to a survey from HSBC. According to HSBC's Navigator survey, 84% of Australian companies expect sales growth ...

Capital raisings, remuneration impact proxy vote: Dimensional

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... of "changes to company constitution". In the past 12 months, remuneration reports that Dimensional voted against included AMP, AP Eagers, AGL, Sigma Health, Sonic Healthcare. Dimensional voted against the election of one or more directors at AGMs for ...