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Resolution Capital nab MSCI ESG exec for analyst role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... experience specialising in global real estate and materials sector companies. At MSCI, he has focused on sustainable impact investing, mapping climate risk within global property and power assets, testing carbon regulation scenarios on ASX200 companies' ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... classes and product lines, according to UBS. As of the end of September 2021, UBS's sustainability focus and Impact investing assets grew by 63% to US$207 billion, said Desmond Kuek, head of sustainable finance, Asia Pacific and global head of sustainable ...

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Investing in private markets is expected to grow in 2022, with decarbonisation as a key megatrend along with digitalisation, and expectations of more investment in Asia, according to BlackRock. BlackRock released its 2022 private markets outlook, in ...

Pushing ahead on gender parity in investment: Future IM/Pact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... Beattie said. Beattie cites three structural barriers that need to be overcome to improve gender diversity: front office investing teams are small, turnover is necessarily low and junior roles require at least two years' related work experience. ...

Future Super in $6 billion acquisition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... mindset led us to search for opportunities for longevity and sustainable growth. Future Super is at the heart of ethical investing in Australia and, like smartMonday, has an excellent track record of delivering returns for members. A partnership with ...

Emerging HNW seek ESG, ethical investments: Praemium

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... $2.5m (excluding super, house, business, net of debt, including SMSF). Emerging HNW investors place more importance on investing in companies with good ethical and ESG standards than their ultra HNW (UHNW) counterparts, the survey found. Half of this ...

SSGA hires from CareSuper for APAC ESG role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... specialist to fill it. In the new role, Xinting Jia report globally to Karen Wong, global head of ESG and Sustainable Investing, and regionally to Michele Barlow, head of Strategy and Research for Asia Pacific. "ESG investing represents over a third ...

Strong return for ESG funds, but oil ETF shines

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... term returns. "Anything can do well in the short term," he said. "As a financial adviser, as an investor, if we're investing ten-plus years. We should be investing for the themes, not investing in the headwinds, and investing in things with tailwinds ...

Tracking sustainability as quantitative strategy: SSGA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... biased to an ESG index. In both cases the products were heavily underweight to the value style, the research found. Value investing has underperformed growth and quality in the five years to June 2021 but has outperformed by a significant amount more ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021  |  NEWS
... all management fees to remain as they currently are. The changes are also in response to the growing popularity of ESG investing and the acceleration of the local ETF market, with ASX data showing more than $2 billion has been invested in ESG ETFs in ...