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Climate change, plastics, human rights drive 2019 engagement: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... modern slavery and human rights in the supply chain, plastic pollution were some of the topics that formed the basis of engagement in 2019 for fund manager Ausbil Investment Management. Mans Carlsson-Sweeny, Ausbil Ausbil issued its 2019 ESG advocacy ...

The role of finance has never been more important: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... engage with the finance sector," Quiggin said. "We are resilient, and there are ways in which we want to increase the engagement in the overall finance industry.... We are pausing for this crisis, and the big priority just now is looking at the health ...

UN GCNA appoints Pru Bennett to board of directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... group investment stewardship team for the APAC region based in Hong Kong. In this role she led the team responsible for engagement and proxy voting activities. Most recently Bennett has been a senior advisor to the Brunswick Group in Hong Kong and in ...

Lighthouse Infrastructure hires Alex O'Dea as investment director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... strategy and product development. She will also be responsible for the firm's external communications and investor engagement. O'Dea comes to Lighthouse Infrastructure from Willis Towers Watson, where she worked for more than 16 years, most recently ...

GRI hires director of capital markets engagement, head of policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
GRI has hired two senior staff at its Amsterdam headquarters - a director of capital markets engagement and a head of policy. Siobhan Cleary is the new director of capital markets engagement, a newly created role. She joins 1 May and will be responsible ...

Forum360 highlights case for virtual shopping for fund managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... providing live video and real time communication functions, the platform provides fund managers with analytics to measure engagement with a product, meeting or announcement. "Active management is a human capital proposition," Hirst said. "But there are ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... have moved beyond exclusion lists and into incorporating of ESG data more widely, an evolution that adds weight to the engagement work that investors have done around corporate disclosures. "The other big piece here is the role that investors can play ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... industry to be forthcoming in what can we achieve with divestment. As common equity holders, the big stick we can wield is engagement and voting, and supporting companies where they want to evolve their companies in a cleaner and greener direction. We ...

Australian Ethical to cut administration fees, enhance customer experience

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... last year, to $199.4 million. Australian Ethical pointed to "solid growth in super member numbers, increased member engagement and industry-leading member retention," according to its statement. Funded super member numbers increased 13% to 43,264 members. ...

J.P. Morgan Asset Management developing ESG scoring framework

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... stewardship process. Jennifer Wu, Global head of sustainable investing, J.P. Morgan Asset Management JPMAM is increasing engagement with companies in five specific priority areas, including climate change, and has become a signatory to Climate Action ...