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ISSB digital standards not perfect

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... general manager at Climate Valuation and finance practice lead at XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative - part of The Climate Risk Group), says the ISSB sustainability standards are not perfect. The main deficiency is that the standards are not sufficiently ...

ESG managed accounts hit $16 bn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... additions just from this year demonstrate the breadth of products that are available on the platform. "In particular, the various risk profiles of the diversified options cater to the needs of advisers who are looking for an efficient way to manage the ...

Fund selection risk a material issue

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
Investors face fund selection risk and a substantial disparity in performance when choosing sustainable investment strategies, especially when it comes to ESG exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The difference in annualised returns between ESG funds can be ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... was that 37% of survey respondents said they need to examine their investment portfolios through too many lenses - return, risk, peers, regulatory benchmarks, and ESG. Moreover, 33% of those surveyed feel there is too much focus on the short-term - and ...

Companies warned to disclose nature risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA) Conference 2024 held in Sydney this week. The TNFD urges companies to start thinking about nature as a risk, rather than just a compliance matter. "Like climate, nature can be a source of material financial risk for an organisation ...

Greenwashing crackdown will boost ESG fund flows: ASIC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... chair said. Businesses with transparent and clear sustainability goals backed up by genuine ambition and action are not at risk of being unfairly targeted for enforcement under ASIC's greenwashing crackdown. Responsible investors are urged to lead the ...

Active ownership is the new sheriff in town

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... clear signal that the risks involved in those companies will not equate to great, enduring value in the long run." On climate risk, the fund has zeroed in on companies within its equity portfolios that are falling behind on their climate transition plans. ...

Doing better on First Nations heritage

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... mining company Rio Tinto. The fallout is an example of how investors are exposed to systemic, legislative, and reputational risk if they misstep on First Nations issues. Since the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protection Act was passed ...

AI toolkit to protect human rights

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... it's about putting in those guardrails and putting up those ethical boundaries at the front end... [to] mitigate our own risk and not see a tech wreck." Lyster commented: "Investors, through their ownership stewardship activities, have an important ...

Geostrategic risks in a changing world

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024  |  NEWS
... food security and human rights. Responsible investors must weigh ethical responsibility with protecting against financial risk. While most geopolitical risks do not affect capital markets significantly, they do affect downstream supply chains which can ...
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