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Russell Investments introduces new ESG-focused ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Russell Investments has launched its first multi-strategy exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Australia, offering investors access to an actively managed portfolio of international shares with a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. ...

Investors fail to vote for climate despite pledges

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... investor members - including major investors that have recently exited the CA100+ such as BlackRock, State Street and JP Morgan Asset Management. This contradicts claims investors are leveraging active ownership towards better climate governance. Market ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024  |  NEWS
Rest has announced it is further diversifying its industrial property and impact investment allocations by signing on as a cornerstone investor in Fidelity International's Fidelity Real Estate Logistics Climate Impact Fund (LOGICs). The LOGICs fund ...

Borrowers pressured for plans as Scope 3 left in dust

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... AGM's are well underway, with shareholder resolutions at large listed companies increasingly focusing on climate. Banks and asset management firms are facing pressure to publicly disclose their proxy voting records on climate-related shareholder resolutions. ...

Australian Ethical lead returns to CoreData

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024  |  NEWS
The investment director of one of Australia's premier ethical investment firms has returned to a global market research consultancy after a decade. Angus Dennis has moved back to CoreData to lead responsible investment and ESG, after a two-year stint ...

Impact investing drops down the list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
New global findings from a US$240 billion asset manager finds that persistent inflation and market volatility has investors' minds focused on returns rather than impact. While impact investing experiences a drop in appeal, nearly three-quarters ...

Shared Value founder heads up regional alliance

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
Helen Steel, who founded and led Shared Value Project (SVP), the business impact group, for almost seven years, now takes her experience to regional collaboration efforts. Steel now announces she has joined the South East Councils Climate Change Alliance ...

Historic data stymies climate risk pricing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... to unintended outcomes and risk-and-return trade-offs, the head of responsible investing research at a specialist global asset manager says. Fund managers want to make better decisions when it comes to climate risk - but feel that current methodologies ...

Larry Fink letter urges pragmatism

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... transition to lower-carbon sources of power while also achieving energy security," said the boss of the world's largest asset manager. More state and business leaders are talking about decarbonisation and energy security "together under the joint banner ...

Mercer nabs Aware sustainability expert

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... responsible investment analyst. Before that, he was an ESG investments associate with the Royal Bank of Canada-owned BlueBay Asset Management, the fixed-income credit and alternative investment manager managing $US150 billion. Previously, he was an ESG ...