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State Street Global Advisors to list new ESG ETF on ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
State Street Global Advisors will list a new environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETF on the ASX early next month. Meaghan Victor, head of SPDR ETF Asia Pacific distribution The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund (E200) tracks the S&P/ASX 200 ESG Index ...

Research project to study sustainable forestry in East Arnhem

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... include developing a pilot site, setting up a pilot harvest site, working with traditional owners to identify cultural exclusion zones, and then doing a market assessment and product development assessment as well, looking at supply chain costs of sending ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Research from Rainmaker has found that the assets under management for ESG-themed exchange traded products (ETPs) have tripled in the last three years. "Three years ago ETP products incorporating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) ...

Collaboration a competitive advantage for super on ESG: NGS Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... fossil fuels in our portfolio. That's not a project that's going to be done overnight. We talked about our thermal coal exclusion. We want to do some research to test that exclusion in its current state as we transition to the low carbon economy. It ...

Emerging markets present opportunities for impact investing: 57 Stars

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... investment portfolio that seeks out investments in healthcare, tech-enabled consumer, financial services addressing financial exclusion and opportunities in emerging markets is in an unusual position in the first stages of the global response to the ...

Praemium enhances ESG tools with SMA, research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
Platform provider Praemium has "significantly enhanced" its approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) by adding the Australian Ethical Australian Shares Portfolio to the Praemium SMA and providing ESG research from Sustainalytics. Damian ...

PGIM charts rise of corporate "profit with purpose" mindset

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... said. The continued evolution of investment practices around ESG integration has meant that approaches have moved beyond exclusion lists and into incorporating of ESG data more widely, an evolution that adds weight to the engagement work that investors ...

Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
Australia's mutual fund assets in sustainable investments increased 23.0% year-on-year in 2019 to reach $66.8 billion, according to Cerulli Associates. Cerulli Associates said its estimates show that sustainable investments gathered $1.2 billion in ...

Integrating ESG considerations in securities lending programs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... 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 be considered as controversial. Northern Trust works with its clients to optimise the ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG approaches. "You have different levels of ESG approaches," Delculee said. "Most of the SRI approach is based on exclusion, which means that the ETF provider is going to... exclude a range of stocks. The other approach is more engagement, which means ...