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Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... on ESG grounds. This points to the necessity of research and evaluation when constructing portfolios. Damian Cottier, portfolio manager for Perennial Value Management's Perennial Smaller Companies Sustainable Future Trust, pointed to the resilient ...

HESTA issues Statement on Working with Indigenous Communities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... heritage destroyed and the costs borne by shareholders as a result, but we had believed this risk to be well managed in our portfolio," she said. "This has prompted us to renew our focus on ensuring fair and sustainable outcomes for Indigenous communities ...

Northern Trust expands ESG Insights risk analytics suite

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
Northern Trust is expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk exposure analytics capabilities to include new reporting for key environmental data categories, including carbon footprinting. Serge Boccassini, product lead, Investment ...

CEFC invests in Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... industrial property sector," said Ian Learmonth, CEFC CEO. "We can drive sustainability measures across an extensive portfolio of assets, as well as positively influence the sustainability profile of a diverse range of large tenants. With long-term industrial ...

MBS launches Centre for Sustainability and Business

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... be sustainability-literate, to understand what sustainability means for a firm, strategically. "We will build out a portfolio of courses that provide the overall strategic imperative for sustainability. We also want to drive the creation of electives ...

ESG superannuation funds outperform in torrid year: Rainmaker

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... are sectors that by and large have performed well during the FY. You can argue whether this is by good luck or good portfolio management, but to debate this is to totally miss the point. When resources stocks outperformed and ESG funds suffered I didn't ...

BNP Paribas issues $140m in equity-linked green bonds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... issuance, with is linked to a newly developed Australian Climate Transition (ACT) Index, with proceeds used to invest in a portfolio of green projects. "The bond is long dated - eight years - and creates a strong message to the market, because it clearly ...

Capacity, resilience and interdependency key engagement topics: Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... the deep extent of interdependencies within our system. Interdependency risk requires investors to think about both portfolio level risk as well as risks to the system itself, Regnan noted. This will be an overarching theme for the year ahead, Ewings ...

ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... climate change and carbon transition. The Sustainable Investing team collaborated with a working group of 19 senior portfolio managers, research analysts and investment stewardship specialists across the firm to define a firmwide approach to ESG integration. ...

Nuveen secures $150m in commitments for Global Impact Strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... larger set of players it brought to the table, both in defining the problems and the potential solutions. The impact portfolio has developed metrics to measure additionality, impact and progress in their investments. This ties the portfolio-level theory ...