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Impact investing drops down the list

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... minds focused on returns rather than on the impact of their investment," senior vice president and head of sustainable investing for American Century Investments Sarah Bratton Hughes said. "Nonetheless, there is still a strong willingness to sacrifice ...

Historic data stymies climate risk pricing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... finance - most especially, a growing need for greater research and evidence on which investors can base their sustainable investing decisions, says David McNeil, head of responsible investing research and innovation at Insight Investment. Methodologies ...

Apostle promotes PM to investment lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... Apostle Funds managing director Karyn West said Parkyn's deep industry expertise within ethical and sustainable investing has been vital to the firm's platform of products that focus on sustainable investing. "Apostle will continue to build out ...

Upward trends continue despite ESG backlash

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... reduce litigation risk. Peers said proponents of the anti-ESG movement have a "poor understanding of what sustainable investing is" - as sustainability factors have financial consequences for companies and that ignoring them would therefore be leading ...

Tracking nature: finance lags on biodiversity

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... that has been viewed as permanent. It's not," says biodiversity expert Ingrid Kukuljan, head of impact and sustainable investing at Federated Hermes. "Nature is not boundless, nature is a scarce resource just like any resource... and it's becoming more ...

Global managers drop out, scale back on Climate Action 100+

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... framework over the past couple of years," JPMAM said in a statement. "The firm has built a team of 40 dedicated sustainable investing professionals including investment stewardship specialists who also leverage one of the biggest buy side research teams ...

Rise in ESG commitment by global funds: Morningstar

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... focused on environmental, social, and governance issues has tapered in some markets, investor interest in sustainable investing remains high overall," Morningstar said. "There is broad recognition that sustainability issues, including climate change ...

Investor group with US$2tr AUM to measure avoided emissions

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to facilitating transition finance," Carola van Lamoen, head of sustainable investing at Robeco commented. "At a global level, much more capital needs to go into climate solutions. This metric can help to direct ...

Sustainable AUM tops US$30 trn despite tighter labels

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... report on the current state of global sustainable investment and put forward recommendations to increase sustainable investing. New research from the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA) supported by HSBC Global Research has found global investments ...

Workplace conduct a financial risk: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 23 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... big it is from the investor point of view," said Daniela Jaramillo, co-author of the report and head of sustainable investing in Australia for Fidelity International. "When you think of this as an issue of enterprise risk, the governance obligations ...