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Strong demand for ESG managed accounts: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... chief distribution officer Martin Morris. "But they're also discovering there are more and more ways to influence portfolio construction through managed accounts. Whereas before they would look at a managed fund, and they might be able to get some ...

ESG indicators a risk warning for credit: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... footprint reporting" he said. "As a result, more and more credit portfolios are looking at the carbon footprint of a credit portfolio versus the benchmark and are tilting to go underneath the benchmark on emissions." As investors become less tolerant ...

Low carbon ETF launches on SGX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... listing comes at a time when companies' decarbonisation efforts are ramping up, and owning a sustainable investment portfolio is becoming increasingly important for investors," said SGX Group head of equities Michael Syn. "This product is an effective ...

Ninety One hires sustainability director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... establish the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative, and during her time, more than 140 IIGCC members committed to net zero portfolio emissions. "As a signatory to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, Ninety One is committed to ensuring that our portfolios ...

Podcast: Integrating ESG in fixed income

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
In this episode brought to you by MFS Investment Management we discuss what integration of environmental, social and governance-related means for fixed income portfolios. We will also explore the strengths and challenges of finding transparent, comparable ...

Emmi launches Carbon Intelligence platform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Carbon Intelligence, a platform designed to assist investors in analysing carbon transition risk and opportunity in a portfolio. Carbon Intelligence applies Emmi's proprietary Global Carbon Efficiency Rating launched last year, a data engine which ...

Webinar: Do ESG portfolios outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022  |  NEWS
ESG funds are currently attracting $8 billion in new money each quarter, according to Plan for Life. Rainmaker Information's December 2021 Rainmaker Roundup report found that 11% of the Australian market is managed according to ESG strategies, with ...

Redpoint poaches PMs from ART

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to augment its impact investing capability. Hunter Page and Chris Parks join Redpoint as portfolio managers. At ART, Page was responsible for managing the socially responsible investment option which grew from $320 million ...

Biodiversity risk goes to heart of finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... very effective in protecting forest. California is also mandating a big emissions cap, electric vehicles, renewable portfolio standards etc., etc. So I think we need to hold government and companies accountable for actually reducing emissions and undertaking ...

Hejaz Income Fund AUM up more than 50%

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022  |  NEWS
... fund tends towards commercial property financing, development financing and asset backed securities," he said. "The portfolio team has been able to harness and balance out the risk-reward ratio, making sure on the one side there is a competitive return ...