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Industry super fund grows ESG team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Industry super fund Vision Super is expanding its environmental, social and governance division with the help of a climate expert. Vision Super is recruiting for an environmental activist who will join the climate action team and help promote the super ...

Global reinsurer adopts ESG framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2017
... integrating environmental, social and governance criteria into its investment decisions through the use of the equity MSCI ESG Index and the fixed income Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Corporate Sustainability Index. The company said it is convinced that accounting ...

Morningstar partners to drive adviser ESG education

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... advice practices. Collaborating with the US-based Money Management Institute, the program focuses on the incorporation of ESG factors into investment portfolios and their impact. It will include educational resources, workshops, forums, and thought leadership ...

Investment purpose critical to advice: Nikko AM

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
Advisers need to be clear on the key differences between environmental, social and governance (ESG) factor based investing and socially responsible investing (SRI) if they are going to remain helpful to clients. Speaking to Financial Standard, Nikko ...

Banks come out on top for climate change disclosure

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... target. ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson explained that the banks high exposure to environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks through their investment portfolios has overtime encouraged them to become better at assessing and managing their ...

Responsible investment continues to gain acceptance among investors

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... investors at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees CIO Forum, said the environmental, social and governance (ESG) ecosystem had expanded significantly and enabled growth in adoption of responsible investment (RI) approaches. "Responsible ...

Vamos returns as governance firm chief executive

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2017
... of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, Pauline Vamos, has become the chief executive of a firm providing ESG research to institutional investors. From today, Vamos will take the helm at Regnan, which is jointly owned by BT Investment ...

Cameron Hume hires fixed income expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
... with respect to strategies. "A point worth making at the outset is that not all investment managers agree on the merits of ESG: some are passionate advocates while others believe their first responsibility is to maximise their clients' returns," he said. ...

Pengana partners with UK ESG manager

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... enhances our ethical investment offering by providing a fund with a disciplined positive screening process and integrated ESG analysis at all stages of the investment process." Pillemer also announced several management changes for the Hunter Hall Australian ...

ESG mispriced by markets: CFSGAM

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017
... State Global Asset Management research. CFSGAM undertook a survey of all staff worldwide to determine their perspectives on ESG issues. The research found that 80% of CFSGAM investment professionals believed considering ESG led to better analyses, and ...