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ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... development, VanEck. "Institutional has led the way, and retail is catching on. Ultimately, as the body of research behind ESG investing and the actually impact on performance, grows and becomes more robust over time, and clearly demonstrates that with ...

Transformational investment needed to address systemic risk: WEF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG-driven investing in the short term has been resilient through COVID-19 without adding the subsequent point that that ESG investing is strategic and long term and has to be conducted with full acknowledgment of long term systemic risks." Birgden noted ...

Increased integration of ESG in securities lending: State Street Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... Street Associates State Street Associates recently released a paper, conducing analysis into the intersection of ESG investing and securities investing. Securities lending arrangements permits the beneficial owner of a security to lend it for a specified ...

JANA providing services to retail sector, eyes retail ESG services

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... managed account services to financial advice and private wealth practices, with an eye to providing services around ESG investing in future. Michael Karagianis, JANA senior consultant JANA is known as an institutional investment consulting firm, but ...

Evidence links ESG performance to company, fund performance in crisis

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... responsible investment and partner, Mercer Additionally, there is evidence to suggest that fund managers that implement ESG investing styles are finding outperformance in comparison to other strategies. Companies with higher ESG ratings performed "notably ...

Brokers recognised for research at ESG Research Australia awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... critical foundation of good investment practice," said Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO and chair of ESG Research Australia. "ESG investing is about making better investment decisions over the longer term by taking into account factors that are too often glossed ...

Industry coalition organises Principles for Sustainable Securities Lending

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... as to how securities lending could remain clearly aligned with the principles that fall into place with broader ESG investing. Securities lending arrangements permits the beneficial owner of a security to lend it for a specified period of time, with ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... assets, the more natural alignment there is with ESG goals, because over the long term there's no distinction between ESG investing and non-ESG investing," Hyat said. The continued evolution of investment practices around ESG integration has meant that ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... by the Amundi ESG Research department. The research confirmed findings of a 2019 Amundi report, which found that ESG investing tended to penalise ESG investors between 2010 and 2013, but rewarded both active and passive ESG investors after 2014. However ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... "It may also have to do with investment returns - there's growing evidence that investors no longer accept that ESG investing must mean accepting lower rates of return." The survey also identified an opportunity for superannuation funds to improve member ...