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ESG adds performance boost to equity funds: Rainmaker Information

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... negative screening; norms-based screening; active ownership; positive screening; sustainability-themed investments; and impact investing. The ERIG Index also uses criteria from the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The ERIG Index currently ...

Conscious Investment Management expands investment team

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... management in specialist disability accommodation (SDA) and social and affordable housing as well as seeking to maximise its impact through active involvement in policy and advocacy for these areas. Tran comes to Conscious Investment from Summer Housing ...

Envirosuite hires CFO

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Environmental intelligence technology company Envirosuite has hired Justin Owen as chief financial officer. Owen comes to Envirosuite from Whispir, where he was CFO. Owen has has more than 30 years of experience, including significant financial experience ...

Franklin Templeton hires CalPERS exec for new global head of sustainability role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... and autonomy of our specialist investment managers, we also recognise that an organisation of our scale can have a major impact by working collectively on sustainability issues. We are thrilled to have Anne leading our efforts in this critically important ...

American Century launches small cap fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... investors, noted to interim head of Asia Pacific, Elizabeth Trinh. "Since 2009, we have offered Global Growth and Healthcare Impact funds to intermediary investors through a distribution relationship with Zurich Investments," she said. American Century ...

Australian Unity appoints head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... responsible investment and stewardship practices for the benefit of its members and follows the release of its first dedicated Impact Report in 2021," the company said. Moore joins Australian Unity from Uniting Financial Services, where he most recently ...

Resolution Capital nab MSCI ESG exec for analyst role

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... research experience specialising in global real estate and materials sector companies. At MSCI, he has focused on sustainable impact investing, mapping climate risk within global property and power assets, testing carbon regulation scenarios on ASX200 ...

Strong APAC demand for sustainable, impact assets: UBS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
Investors across Asia Pacific are showing strong demand for sustainable and impact assets across classes and product lines, according to UBS. As of the end of September 2021, UBS's sustainability focus and Impact investing assets grew by 63% to US$207 ...

Portfolio holdings disclosure regulations come into effect

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... options, as well as by currency. The increased accountability on all super funds, as well as ESG super funds, has a blunt impact, Dunnin said. "Don't talk the talk if you're not walking the walk," he said.

Decarbonisation a key megatrend in private markets: BlackRock

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022  |  NEWS
... see a wide variety of sustainable opportunities in markets today," BlackRock said in its outlook. "For example, we think impact investments in under-explored themes such as financial inclusion can potentially tap new sources of alpha across private asset ...