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Advisers optimistic for 2022: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... months, with Investment Trends finding over 40% of advice clients have requested to buy or sell investments based on environmental issues. This is up from 24% in 2020. However, the researcher said advisers reported wanting more information in this space ...

New role for Ian Silk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... firm. He has joined KPMG Australia as a special adviser. In the part-time role, Silk will advise KPMG clients on environmental, social and governance issues. KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates welcomed Silk to the role. "As we are adapting our ...

Packhorse names ESG head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... drivers of the formation and persistence of soil organic carbon and how it responds to agricultural management and environmental change. She was previously the program manager at Bioclimate Research and Development in the UK and an environmental consultant ...

WA government seeks to improve WA's ESG outcomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... government debt securities of key policy commitments and actions currently in progress that are addressing the key environmental and social challenges facing WA today and into the future. From an environmental perspective, the pack demonstrates how well-placed ...

Morrison & Co launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... quality of our client relationships and the client experience we deliver," she said. "We believe that by integrating environmental, social and governance considerations at all stages of the investment cycle, there is an associated positive impact on ...

Downward fee trend hits ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... higher median quoted fee) for impact strategies, which explicitly target and are equipped to report on social and environmental outcomes. 'ESG thematic' strategies that do not meet the threshold which we would consider appropriate for an Impact strategy ...

Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... commitment, Citi launched its updated Sustainable Progress Strategy in July 2020, which includes its global US$500 Billion Environmental Finance Goal. It also committed to US$1 trillion in sustainable finance by 2030, which includes the environmental ...

Australian philanthropy awards winners announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... Grant Program Award: COVID-19 Rapid Advocacy Fund Community Philanthropy Award: Inner North Community Foundation Environmental Philanthropy Award: The Limb Family Foundation Indigenous Philanthropy Award: CAGES Foundation International Philanthropy Award ...

Governance tops ESG priorities: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... found that among the majority (80%) of the global 369 asset managers it surveyed, governance is the most important environmental, social and governance factor. Australian and New Zealand managers on the other hand believe climate risk and environmental ...

Aussie equities small caps deliver 35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... beating out Aussie equities large cap (31.9% p.a.), property (29.4% p.a.), international equities (27.6% p.a.), environmental, social and governance funds (24.9% p.a.), and the growth sector of multi-asset funds (23.2% p.a.). International equities large ...