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ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... their peers through 2020, according to Fidelity International. During the market crash in early 2020, Fidelity's research found that companies which rated higher in its proprietary ESG ratings performed better than their peers. The results supported ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... hedge funds do not integrate ESG due to lack of data. The vast majority - 81% - of funds that integrate ESG use external research vendors as their primary data source. Forty-eight percent of funds that integrate ESG are looking for an external provider ...

ESG ETP market continues to grow: Zenith

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... grade, 9 ETPs were ESG aware and 13 were ESG integrated. The conclusions of the Zenith report are broadly in line with research from Rainmaker Information. Earlier this year, Rainmaker found that the assets under management for ESG-themed exchange traded ...

Australia vulnerable as countries decarbonise

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... government policy, and what we believe is the most realistic scenario if we look at the next 10 years." The scenarios of the research are used in two ways - in discussions with clients over their mandates, and with internal teams on product development ...

Class linked to experience of inclusion at work: DCA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... backgrounds experience more exclusion, discrimination and harassment at work than people from higher classes, according to research from Diversity Council Australia (DCA). DCA recently released Class at Work, a report based on a survey of more than 3,000 ...

ESG managed funds outperform

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... wholesale ESG managed funds have turned in strong returns over the past one and three years to August 2020, according to research from Rainmaker Information. BetaShares Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI) has shown a return of 27.9% over the past ...

Bank, state government become first buyers of Reef Credits

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... development, including significant support from the Queensland government, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, the academic research community and the not for profit sector," Schultz said. Schultz noted that the investment required to meet water quality ...

Assessing the costs, opportunities to green hydrogen

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... over alternative fossil-fuel energy sources in buildings, transportation, and power generation," Lewis wrote in a recent research paper on green hydrogen and the future of the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Third, the pre-requisite for making green ...

Medibank issues first sustainability report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... has had to, and you have to be conscious about that in terms of the decision you're making." Medibank is conducting a research study on the health impacts of loneliness, Bishop added. "We are embarking on essentially a longitudinal piece on loneliness ...

RIAA adviser guide aims at education in ESG space

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... and transparency such that clients are not surprised by investments that they did not expect. Yo Takatsuki, head of ESG research and active ownership at AXA Investment Management also highlighted that in addition to having information on fund options ...