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ESG integration policy brings consistency, innovation: JPMAM

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... whole data and research pillar that is going to evolve." There is also an approach to company engagement and corporate governance, with five key priorities for the firm's investment stewardship program, Farrell said. "The third is the ESG integration ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... standard deviation of the industry group mean Provider 2 Scored Wirecard as average for business ethics and corporate governance Provider 3 The picture was uniformly negative. This included concerns about audits, internal controls, corruption, anti-competitive ...

BetaShares launches currency-hedged version of ethical ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... trebled in size in the last three years. "Three years ago ETP products incorporating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles represented 1% of the Australian market," the latest Rainmaker ETP report stated. "Following rapid growth ...

HSBC launches ESG portfolio reporting tool for asset owners, managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... managers who utilise the bank's securities services with independent measurement of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues in their investment portfolios. Chris Johnson, director of market data for Securities Services at HSBC The ...

ESG ETP assets under management triple in last three years: Research

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... have tripled in the last three years. "Three years ago ETP products incorporating Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) principles represented 1% of the Australian market," the latest Rainmaker ETP report stated. "Following rapid growth ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
With material environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues increasingly demonstrating their impact on companies' ability to generate long term value for investors, fund managers are making the case that ESG can augment quality signals ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... fees when compared with the benchmark MSCI AC World Small Cap. ASI also integrates environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) analysis into its investment process, including the construction of the smaller companies fund. "We've embedded this ...

ESG data enhances value strategies: Maple-Brown Abbott

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
Using environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) data to augment selection of stocks enhances fundamental value strategies, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. Natasha McKean, head of ESG, Maple-Brown Abbott "Companies with strong governance ...

Demand for climate aware, ESG investment: State Street Global Advisors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... generate a unique ESG score for listed companies. Additionally, State Street Global Advisors assesses companies' corporate governance performance based off of corporate governance codes in the related market "What R Factor brings, the additionality ...

Integrating ethics goes beyond ESG screens: Nucleus Wealth

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... options to construct investment portfolios that eliminate stocks based on various environmental, social and corporate governance criteria. The portfolios are actively managed and based on blue chip international and Australian socks, cash and government ...