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Aviva Investors launches climate transition equity fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... electricity generation, and limits exposure to those producing oil and gas or gas-fired power generation. The basis for research in companies on this topic is information garnered from CDP questionaries, which companies fill out voluntarily, said Jaime ...

Social, economic consequences of climate change "devastating": Robeco

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... challenges in evaluating companies' emissions data, said Joop Huij, head of factor investing equities and factor index research. "If we look at the data, at the very best, it's self-reported data - it's biased," he said. "It's something ...

State of the climate report confirms need for climate-aware investing: Future Super

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... 2020, 7.31% in the three years to June 2020 and 6.48% in past five years to 2020, according to Rainmaker Information research. That puts it in fourth place for ESG options across all asset classes. "The increasing urgency around climate change, the increasing ...

Women continue to make strides in ASX200 board positions: AICD

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... and not in line roles with profit and loss responsibility, roles that typically lead to promotion to CEO levels. Recent research conducted by EY and the 30% Club revealed that "despite the clear dividing line between management and governance, the most ...

Mercer launches analytics, advisory tool for climate transition

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... under 2 degrees, ideally 1.5 degrees, in line with IPCC recommendations." ACT draws on data sources from major data and research firms, and combines information on scope 1 and scope 2 emissions; scope 3 will be considered in the future. The data is ranked ...

Investors urge companies to broaden view of modern slavery risks

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... "It's about bringing the networks to the table when we're talking about modern slavery issues, but it's also about the research," Samuel said. "Walk Free is known for its research outputs. Having that means that IAST APAC not flying in the dark on this ...

Considering potential ESG implications of the US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... expectations for a Democrat-sweep and some caution over the prospect of a contested election," said David Page, head of macro research, and Chris Iggo, chief investment officer, at AXA Investment Managers. "This has removed some support for value stocks ...

ESG factors continue to outperform: Fidelity International

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... their peers through 2020, according to Fidelity International. During the market crash in early 2020, Fidelity's research found that companies which rated higher in its proprietary ESG ratings performed better than their peers. The results supported ...

Hedge funds integrating ESG: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... hedge funds do not integrate ESG due to lack of data. The vast majority - 81% - of funds that integrate ESG use external research vendors as their primary data source. Forty-eight percent of funds that integrate ESG are looking for an external provider ...

ESG ETP market continues to grow: Zenith

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
... grade, 9 ETPs were ESG aware and 13 were ESG integrated. The conclusions of the Zenith report are broadly in line with research from Rainmaker Information. Earlier this year, Rainmaker found that the assets under management for ESG-themed exchange traded ...