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Steep rise in demand for ESG wealth management products: EY

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... with 72% of Australian respondents believing it is important to consider ESG parameters in their portfolios and impact investing expected to grow 14% by 2024, reaching an average adoption level of 43% (higher than the global average of 35%)." This is ...

Client demand pushing action on ESG conversation: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... clients' appetite for products in the ethical space. Moving from conversation to action, and looking at whether impact investing is a space that is accessible to retail investors are two topics for discussion at sessions during the forthcoming Responsible ...

Consultant launches responsible investment index for manager selection

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... integration, negative screening, norms-based screening, active ownership, positive screening, thematic investing and impact investing, integrating principles outlined by RIAA and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. The index was developed to ...

$150 million impact fund to target small companies for investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... developing the investment memorandum, and they can adapt the work to our format." Selth noted that the idea of impact investing and impact businesses is evolving. He called the first state Impact 1.0, which he labelled a type of philanthropy. Impact ...

Setting the standards for diversity within funds management

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
... process when selecting external GP managers, said Jennifer Signori, managing director - private equity, ESG and impact investing. "Diversity and inclusion is a key part of the S or Social component in ESG and we look for indicators around human capital ...

ESG a total-portfolio subject: bfinance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021  |  NEWS
... this a "major challenge." Investors are also finding difficulties in validating the investment case for ESG or impact investing and more than 50% experience difficulties in finding external asset managers that align well with their ESG approach. "The ...

Integrating impact investing in listed equity portfolios

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021  |  NEWS
Editorial note: This piece is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Interest in impact investing is quickly increasing, and while strategies are growing across multiple asset classes, fund managers are developing strategies to capture the positive environmental ...

T. Rowe Price joins Responsible Investment Association Australasia

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... our engagement with our clients and the local investment community to further promote responsible, ethical and impact investing." T. Rowe Price integrates environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment decision making to identify ...

Industry considers Australian sustainable finance taxonomy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
... instance, a standard definition on what an impact investment fund was, then when your clients say I want to do impact investing, you would connect it to the common definition and we would be able to classify product into the categories. "If you had clear ...

Real asset investments as vehicle for return, positive impact

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... portfolios. "This is a real asset webinar, but we should speak about wat we're doing on a day to day basis, which is impact investing - seeking market rate financial term with a tangible environmental and social benefit," Tominc said. "... Our model ...