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Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... individual investor decides which principles matter most to them. For example, for some the focus is low carbon footprint investing, whereas others may view this through a more ethical lens and focus on the exclusion of companies and stocks which might ...

Comment: hindsight is 2020

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... the BlackRock and BIS announcements. Superannuation funds have demonstrated that they can lead the way in sustainable investing especially as investing this way has been found to not only maintain if not boost returns but also reduce investment risks ...

Analysis: climate change, Australia and the fierce urgency of now

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... been a spike in visits and searches since the beginning of the bushfire crisis, O'Connor noted. Searches relate to investing in renewables and climate solutions is the number one inclusion topic and is three times as high as the next most frequently ...

Human rights, ethical sourcing driving ESG considerations in Asia: Ausbil

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... to be able to pay for their own externalities," Carlsson-Sweeny said. "We've often talked about what is sustainable investing about, and fundamentally, it's about earnings sustainability. Do company's earnings rely on weak regulation? If so, those earnings ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... companies that treat employees well, treat customers fairly, and so on. There are core to Saturna's long term value based investing philosophy that's been in place since day one." Saturna is seeking mandates from Australian institutional investors for ...

Eurozone outperforms North America in ESG investing: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... by the Amundi ESG Research department. The research confirmed findings of a 2019 Amundi report, which found that ESG investing tended to penalise ESG investors between 2010 and 2013, but rewarded both active and passive ESG investors after 2014. However ...

How the law can drive impact through investment: B Lab

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... is exploring legal models to drive investment and create a thriving social enterprise sector. The ideas behind impact investing and social enterprise are now on the main stage for business. The US-based Business Roundtable revised its longstanding 'Statement ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... anything but a holistic, very robust approach to ESG. No room for anything but that. ESG is core to our strategy in investing."

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... and that 72% report annually on responsible investment activity (up from 44% in 2016), highlighting how responsible investing is increasingly being embedded within Australian investment markets. "There has been a big step up in reporting around responsible ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Investing in insurance linked securities (ILS) can provide return in an asset class that is uncorrelated to other assets, with fund manager Amundi running an ILS strategy that takes into account long-term climate risks and opportunities. Chin Liu, SVP ...