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Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... almost 8% in response to regulatory and investor pressure, report states. Fidelity's 2022 survey of analysts on sustainability issues capture's the view of 161 investment analysts from across the globe. The report found tangible signs of corporate ...

Vanguard appoints head of ESG product

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
UniSuper governance and sustainability manager Sybil Dixon is departing the fund after 14 years to join Vanguard. Dixon will join Vanguard in August as head of ESG product, a Vanguard spokesperson confirmed to sister publication FS Sustainability. UniSuper ...

50% of advisers now offering ESG advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... portfolio construction, the top five methods advisers use to choose responsible investments include ESG integration, sustainability-themed investing, active ownership, negative screening, and positive screening. The most popular products used include ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... consumers. It tabled consumer focus, a recognition of professional, regulatory certainty, open data and innovation, and sustainability as its central agreed upon themes. The Joint Associations Working Group submitted: "The Quality of Advice Review should ...

ESG taxonomy key to achieving policy objectives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
... lot more detailed framework which includes whether an activity makes a sustainable contribution to one of the six sustainability areas," he said. When it comes to taxonomy in Australia, Richards said: "We're at an advantage to be able to adapt and ...

TCorp appoints head of investment stewardship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... business leader, sustainable investments. Prior to that she spent almost a decade at F&C in a range of governance and sustainability roles and has also worked at ClimateWise and ISIS Asset Management. Over the years she has worked with corporate boards ...

Deutsche Bank, DWS raided over greenwashing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... that of the US Securities and Exchange Commission which was launched following allegations from DWS's former group sustainability officer that the company is misrepresenting its ESG credentials; it is alleged claims made in its 2020 annual report that ...

Super funds to reach $1tn by 2040: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... between 2020 and 2021. APRA has encouraged funds to continue to consider merger options and disclosed its view on the sustainability of several funds in the sector. Out of 78 funds APRA found 38 funds (both MySuper and Choice Funds) were sub-scale with ...

T. Rowe Price names new head of ESG enablement

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... only in how we invest, but also in how we behave as a firm," Veiel said. Veiel spoke fondly of Allonby's broad sustainability and climate change expertise which he believed would be invaluable to T. Rowe Price ESG strategy and vision. "We look forward ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... zero carbon emissions target. Moreover, many superannuation companies' concerted advertising campaigns about their sustainability credentials have increased public demand for funds to endorse responsible ESG investment principles. On super fund trustees' ...