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Women continue to see gains on ASX200 boards: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... cohort have an average of 30% or more women on boards - financials at 40%, healthcare at 44%consumer staples t 57% and utilities at 50%. Industrials and information technology have the fewest, with zero women on boards in both of those sectors.

KPMG outlines focus on gender diversity in ASX201-300 company boards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... cohort have an average of 30% or more women on boards - financials at 40%, healthcare at 44%consumer staples t 57% and utilities at 50%. Industrials and information technology have the fewest, with zero women on boards in both of those sectors. KPMG ...

Ethical approach yields investment benefits: Crescent Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... to the negative screens noted above, the fund invests in health care, property and infrastructure, natural resources utilities, manufacturing and innovative industries. The fund is open to all Australians, but there is a close connection between the ...

OHS, social license to operate identified as infrastructure risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020  |  NEWS
... been reduced utilisation of level of services and so they've been able to manage through that," Langley said. "On the utilities side, copanis have done a pretty good job over the last 10 years of really building up their business continuity plans, and ...

AXA IM develops carbon footpath strategy based on forward climate action

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... keep an investment in a broader swathe of the economy. I would also say it would be important keeping a foothold in utilities and energy because if we are interested in seeing sustainable GDP growth, it is part of the way forward to move away from brown ...

Investing for positive environment impact, financial return: First Sentier

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... in the portfolio are listed in the US, the Edison Electric Institute has developed reporting standard relevant to the utilities sector. "What we tend to look at more is, who are the companies, what do their generation portfolios look like now, what do ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... growth of the green bond market, Insight Investment noted that in 2019, the core sectors of financials, governments, utilities, energy and industrials all experienced significant growth in issuance in 2019, "with financials leading the charge, adding ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... alpha. Typically, low-volatility strategies mitigate equity risks and have large overweights to defensive sectors such as utilities. "What happens though is sector biases tend to have a lot of volatility associated with them," Hunstad said. "2019 saw ...

Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... consolidation and growing businesses thru platform acquisitions," Mills noted. "We are still seeing growth and opportunities in utilities, district heating, and transportation. What experience has shown us, and has absolutely solidified in the last four ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... cornerstone of growing energy consumption, according to Capgemini. Anastasia Klingberg, director and practice lead: Energy and Utilities at Capgemini Australia. Capgemini has published the 21st edition of its annual study, the World Energy Markets Observatory ...