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Fidelity International launches Sustainable Water and Waste Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... excited by the fund because with very simple metrics, you can explain this to investors." The fund leverage's Fidelity's research and investment capabilities, and Lecourt is supported by assistant portfolio manager Saurabh Sharma. "Today, our clients ...

Future Super measures environmental impact of portfolio

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... same time period, the three Future Super accumulation options only fell by between 9.95% and 10.99%. According to recent research from Rainmaker Information (which publishes The Sustainability Report), if a superannuation fund member invested in general ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Investment said. The rating is a quantitative risk-analysis tool which provides a fresh feed of data into Insight's credit research hub, alongside non-ESG inputs. "We want to identify [ESG] risk," said Joshua Kendall, Senior ESG analyst at Insight Investment. ...

Ex-Rosenberg Equities executives launch Radiant ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... sustainable investing at Rosenberg Equities have launched a new platform specialising in ESG-anchored portfolios and research for institutional investors and wealth managers. Heidi Ridley (l) and Kathryn McDonald (r), co-founders, Radiant ESG Heidi Ridley ...

HESTA to move to net zero carbon emissions in portfolio by 2050

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... zero by 2050. The CCTP will underpin investment decision-making across the portfolio and would be informed by ongoing research and developments in investment practice. "We're at the start of this journey, and we acknowledge that there is still a lot ...

Insure Our Future calls for halt to insuring oil and gas projects

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... players from separate reports published by consulting agencies Finaccord and HTF Market Intelligence and follow-up market research conducted by both agencies independently of each other. Four insurers, Allianz, AXA, Munich Re and Zurich, are members ...

Maple-Brown Abbott Global Listed Infrastructure hires ESG analyst

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... analyst position. MBA GLI has hired Georgia Hall has been appointed as ESG analyst and Gitendra Pradhananga as senior research associate. Hall is an ESG specialist with over ten years' experience in financial services. She was most recently ...

Digital human rights rise up the agenda post-COVID-19: Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... something that investors are thinking about more and more, but we have looked at issues like privacy and did the first research maybe eight years ago, when people weren't talking as much about this. Obviously, things have moved on - GDPR have come into ...

Super funds lag on disclosing proxy voting record: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Back, examining how Australia's largest super funds voted on shareholder proposals between 2017 and 2019. Amongst the research, the report found that aggregate support for all shareholder proposals jumped from 33% in 2017 to 53% in 2018, but declined ...

Human capital management a signal of overall sustainability: Lazard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... struggling, that's been interesting to see." Lazard integrates fundamental environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) research into its investment process, contributing to their stock selection process, Singhal said. "At the heart, it's the ...