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ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... 96% of Australian respondents agreeing that ESG consideration are of high or moderate importance to their investment strategy," said Daniele Goldberg, director of client consulting for bfinance in Australia. "There's long been a concern that the focus ...

Ethical fund manager sets ambitious FUM target

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
A leading ethical investment manager says it is aiming for a target of $20 - $25 billion in assets under management, and has strengthened its adviser sales, distribution, and investment teams. Australian Ethical has hired Keenan Bunning and Jeannie ...

Rio Tinto commits to climate vote at AGM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) also welcomes Rio Tinto's "leadership and commitment" in putting the climate strategy to a vote and urges the company to commit to making the vote an annual exercise. "There is currently no legal obligation ...

Australian business face European carbon levy for exports

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Australian businesses risk having to pay an expensive levy to export goods to the European Union based on the intensity of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions used in making and shipping products. The European Parliament's environment committee recently ...

Using ESG, ethical screens in multi-asset strategy investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... investment strategies and tools in the way the Multi-Asset Solutions (MAS) team manages its portfolio. The multi-asset strategy portfolio currently has $220 million in assets under management. By building up a bottom-up multi-asset strategy based on ...

Australian businesses march on with ESG integration: Mercer

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... transformation agenda. The report links a heightened sense of empathy with action, said Ephraim Patrick, partner (People Strategy and Organisational Enablement) at Mercer. "I would say empathy is an expression of lived behaviours - it's not the words ...

Healthcare sector offers investment opportunity: American Century

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... returned 17.38% net of fees and 21.73% in the last year. Zurich Financial Services Australia offers a local version of the strategy, the Healthcare Impact Fund, which is managed by American Century Investments The strategy is linked to Sustainable Development ...

Pendal to launch sustainable water, waste strategy, hire two

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
Pendal Group will establish a global sustainability water and waste strategy and has headhunted two specialists from Fidelity International to run the investment fund. Pendal Group has hired Bertrand Lecourt, and Saurabh Sharma, to establish a global ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... affordable housing units, which are part of the Alphington development in Melbourne, are underway. Aware's affordable housing strategy was built over a period of time and the fund has been approached to make allocations to the sector a number of times ...

Neuberger Berman joins global diversity initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... global head of NB Alternatives. "Equity, inclusion and diversity are a fundamental part of our culture and long-term strategy at Neuberger Berman, and the ILPA's framework is deeply aligned with our own goals." ILPA's Diversity in Action Initiative ...