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Global impact bond issuance spike in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... year was down to issuance of bonds linked to COVID-19 responses, which Joshua Kendall, head of responsible investment research and stewardship at Insight Investment, believes will continue this year. "It's still likely the case that we will see a similar ...

Translating net zero goals into near-term decisions: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... fundamental starting point of investments is the valuation which is based on future cash flow," Peppelenbos said. "This research will feed into our financial models and it can alter the discounted cash flow calculations of our teams. On the credit side ...

The conundrum of ESG in emerging markets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... improving, gaps in ESG information can mean that companies in emerging markets are more exposed to ESG risk. In 2019, research provider Sustainalytics compared the stocks comprising the FTSE Emerging Index with the stocks comprising the FTSE Developed ...

Integrating ESG to manage risks of high yield credit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... need to have a model to detect potential concentrations of risk that you might not see as you're doing bottom up research. I'll give you an easy example - if you were to look at the US high yield credit, it is between 14 and 15% energy-related. ...

ESG funds show strong risk-adjusted returns: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Superannuation funds with ESG characteristics show strong risk adjusted returns, according to new research from Rainmaker Information. Assessing median results of superannuation fund options, Rainmaker Information has found that ESG returned a median ...

SSGA to use proxy vote over ethnic, racial diversity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... behalf of clients to disclose information on racial and ethnic composition. This builds on work that commenced last year. "Research has shown the positive impacts diverse groups can have on improved decision making, risk oversight, and innovation, as ...

Australia's Paris Agreement carbon commitments criticised

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... Government investments over the period to 2030 and leverage a further $50 billion of investment from the private sector, research institutions and the States and Territories." According to global scientific research initiative Climate Action Tracker ...

Water, water risk everywhere: DWS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... equity and debt universe, but bringing them into other asset classes as well," said Michael Lewis, head of ESG thematic research. "Water is an interesting one there - in terms of the SDGs, and asset owners and managers are coalescing around these thematics." ...

Climate, governance and supply chain top 2021 priorities: BofA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
... moving in that direction, and as a bank we've been pushing climate risk as well," said Sameer Chopra, head of Asia ESG research at Bank of America. "Supply chains are going to be very important as well. Sustainability of supply chain is going to be increasingly ...

The articles you read in 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 29 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... average salary for a head of sustainability role in tops $300,000, with women earning slightly more than men, according to research from specialist recruitment agency Talent Nation. Talent Nation collected information from over 200 companies in Australia ...