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Integrating ESG essential to infrastructure portfolio: First Sentier Investors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... anything but a holistic, very robust approach to ESG. No room for anything but that. ESG is core to our strategy in investing."

Superannuation funds that invest responsibly outperform: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
... and that 72% report annually on responsible investment activity (up from 44% in 2016), highlighting how responsible investing is increasingly being embedded within Australian investment markets. "There has been a big step up in reporting around responsible ...

Investing in insurance linked securities, integrating climate risk: Amundi

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Investing in insurance linked securities (ILS) can provide return in an asset class that is uncorrelated to other assets, with fund manager Amundi running an ILS strategy that takes into account long-term climate risks and opportunities. Chin Liu, SVP ...

Interest in responsible investing not limited to Gen Y: Franklin Templeton

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019  |  NEWS
Interest in responsible investing is broadly consistent across all age demographics, according to research by asset management firm Franklin Templeton. Graph courtesy of Franklin Templeton "There seems to be growing awareness among the public that both ...

Sustainalytics hires Jodie Tapscott as head of Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... where she oversaw the investment governance of the firm's suite of investment and superannuation platforms. "Sustainable investing continues to gain significant momentum in Australia, and the region is critically important for Sustainalytics," said Diederik ...

S&P Global to acquire ESG ratings business from RobecoSAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... successful integration and application of the CSA data that is used in many of our investment processes. Sustainable Investing is our key strength. We have carefully crafted our expertise in this area for over 20 years and been recognized for our excellence ...

Schroders acquires impacting investing firm BlueOrchard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
Schroders has taken a majority ownership stake in impact investing manager BlueOrchard. Graeme Mather, head of distribution, Australia, Schroders Schroders has finalised the acquisition of its ownership stake in BlueOrchard, and he move will see BlueOrchard ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... standards in emerging market equities are improving, and form an important part of the investment framework for value investing, said T. Rowe Price. Irmak Surenkok, portfolio specialist in the Equity Division at T. Rowe Price. In a recent paper, I n ...

Capgemini evaluates state of energy markets, pressures in Australia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... Australia to meet its Paris Agreement commitments, on the other hand we have a number of reports saying that Austrlia is not investing enough to meet the 2030 deadline," Klingberg said. "The government calculations assume that given projection emissions ...

LeapFrog Investments names Julia Gillard to leadership council

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... insight and global networks" to LeapFrog, a private equity manager with US$1.6 billion in total commitments to impact investing. LeapFrog's companies currently reach 188 million people with healthcare or financial tools, the firm said. Earlier this year ...