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Super moves: Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... ESG integration in funds management. The appointment caps a high-profile career that has seen Young-Ferris build ESG practices from the ground up. Most recently, she was managing director at Conscious Capital, a strategic advisory group covering real ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... such thing as ESG investing," he said. "ESG is not the right way to do it... we need make a distinction between ESG practices and generic impact investing." However, he added that conducting an ESG analysis was an effective way to assess investment risk. ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... has reduced the number of costly and dangerous accidents by 70%. Artificial intelligence can be used to improve ESG practices, including its ability to rapidly process vast amounts of data, expedite workflows, and improve efficiency. However, the development ...

New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... prudential regulator said several submissions contained requests for detailed guidance on managing risks associated with ESG practices. These requests included "specific reference to ESG risk as a material investment risk to be considered at both the ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... funds in that they are a signatory to an ESG protocol, they offer ESG investment options or they follow standard ESG practices, out of a combined pool of almost 120 eligible super funds. Rainmaker has also identified the top performing ESG super funds ...

Increased demand drives ESG expert salaries

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... commercial and ESG qualifications and experience. This allows candidates to have a full grasp across corporate and ESG practices," Kaizen said. "For those who look to specialise with investment management and research typically, these candidates are ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... said a minority of companies had ESG on the agenda and 46% said most companies are stepping up ESG efforts. While ESG practices are well established in Europe, 80% of analysts in China reported an increase in ESG emphasis at some or all of their companies ...

Fintechs to play vital ESG role: AXA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... integration is having an impact. Christensen and his team at AXA are attempting to interpret the real world effect of ESG practices across portfolios in terms that are more understandable. For example, a new way of reporting might talk about cars taken ...

ESG enthusiasm booms post-Royal Commission

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... align with their personal values." The Perennial survey identified key areas of focus to improve sustainability and ESG practices in the next 12-18 months are diversity, with 81% of respondents concerned about this, and safety, with 59% of respondents ...

Responsible investment now mainstream

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAY 2018
... social and corporate governance (ESG) policies. This is up from 60% in 2016. The report is based on a review of the ESG practices of 51 super funds covering almost $1.3 trillion. Adding the Future Fund and NZ Super sovereign wealth funds lifts the market ...
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