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Questions raised over governance implications of share buyback schemes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... debt to fuel share buy-backs, they could be fragile and unprepared in a moment such as the current state of the global economy, where cash will be necessary to tide businesses over during the global response to the novel coronavirus. Further, if companies ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... gold stocks, we don't hold those and they've done well." Cottier noted that because of the wider impacts on the economy stemming from shutting down swathes of the country, defensive stocks such as some parts of the healthcare sector, haven't ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... covering finance's role in these issues, with coronavirus and its potential impacts on the push to decarbonise the global economy, a focus on water scarcity, Indigenous issues and gender equality a key point of discussion, but the full story. In the ...

Sustainability faces greatest test in response to coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... of the pandemic fall squarely within the sustainability remit, Porter said. "The pandemic and its impact on the global economy is concerning for sustainability," she said. "We want to ensure that business continues to pay close attention to the management ...

ESG indices, products faring relatively better in coronavirus response

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
In the immediate financial markets response to the coronavirus pandemic and the associated implosion to the global economy, indices and products that integrate ESG ratings have performed relatively better than mainstream benchmarks. (data courtesy BetaShares) ...

Principles for sustainable economic stimulus in coronavirus response: WRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... packages should follow three principles - 1) do no harm 2) make win-win investments and 3) plan major investments to jolt the economy in the right direction, said Dan Lashof, director, WRI United States. "The basic notion there is that, in the midst ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... performance - but we are reminded that investment returns across a diversified portfolio are all founded on a healthy economy," said Susheela Peres da Costa, head of advisory at Regnan. "And the problem is that markets aren't necessarily the best ...

CCA publishes climate policy toolkit for transition to net-zero economy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia, which includes recommendations for creating investable policies which support the transition to a net zero emissions economy by 2050. Emma Herd, chief executive officer of the Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) "Transitioning to a low-emissions ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... across a number of geographies, and they too will be all that much more important. We would anticipate while the global economy is likely to go into a recession, and again, there will be different levels and different severities and different cases ...

Australia bears sovereign risk with fossil fuel dependence: Beyond Ratings

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... Australia that heavily depend on fossil fuels are likely to be more impacted when reaching targets for a zero-carbon global economy, given expected structural changes in the economy, according to Beyond Ratings, a division of London Stock Exchange Group. ...