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Regulation needs to keep up with the rise of ethical investing: Hejaz Financial Services

HAKAN OZYON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... more accurately engage with their targeted subsets of the population. For example, at Hejaz Asset Management, we use a social screen to ensure Sharia-law (principles of the Islamic faith) compliance for Muslim customers. Many Australians may not necessarily ...

HSBC AM takes stake in women-owned ESG investment firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... research. [HSBC Asset Management] does some very interesting work on the climate side. We bring more to the table on the social side, and we certainly see opportunities for what we would bring to them in terms of evaluating new data vendors and new data ...

Global fund manager evolving approaches to ESG investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... associations, the fund manager said. Moret joined NTAM from Franklin Templeton, where she was global head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). Moret defines her key priorities as working across the investment practices to evolve existing consideration ...

Assessing buy now pay later sector through an ESG lens

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... opportunity for investors. Some super funds and ethical fund managers have declined to invest in listed BNPL companies over these social concerns. For their part, companies are implementing policies to manage potential risks to financial hardship while ...

Tracking ESG impact in emerging markets improving: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
... mapping and quantifying the company's impact; it's also about engagement and understanding how the company addresses material social or environmental issues and how they manage corporate governance." The Emerging Markets Sustainable Impact Fund holds ...

A little more conversation and a lot more action

PIERRE LENDERS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021  |  NEWS
There's a lot of talk about the importance of environmental, social and governance issues in investment decisions, but is there sufficient action? And if there is, what does that action look like, and can it deliver on performance as well as moral objectives? ...

Hostplus ESG head jumps to HESTA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... returns for members," said chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson. "Kim's wealth of expertise across environmental, social and corporate governance will support HESTA to continue its important work." HESTA led recent global investor engagement ...

Profile: Fiona Reynolds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... responsible investment isn't standing still." With climate change firmly on the agenda, the next evolution will be around social issues. Rather than derailing the ESG conversation, COVID-19 has enhanced those engagements and brought social to the fore ...

Assessing impacts of nature-based solutions: CMI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... interest in carbon credits that are derived from nature-based solutions because of the concept of co-benefits - that is, social and environmental benefits such as supporting local community activity and/or improving biodiversity. Nature-based solutions ...

New firm to address nature-based solution market

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021  |  NEWS
... respond to rapidly growing global demand for high integrity nature-based solutions to support business climate and corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. It is co-founded by Point Advisory and Biodiverse Carbon, a subsidiary of Greening Australia ...