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Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... aims to explore the correlation between environmental, social and governance factors and performance by breaking down a company's ESG score by the letter. MSCI core equity research executive director Guido Giese said MSCI had previously found that companies ...

AustralianSuper gives Rio Tinto slap on the wrist

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... during a Bloomberg webinar. Asked whether AustralianSuper might sell down even part of their holding in Rio Tinto if the company was not responsive to engagement, Delaney said it was unlikely. "I don't think we're at that position yet. The company ...

Flamingo AI acquisition scrapped

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... acquirer doesn't emerge within the set period, the Flamingo Ai business will be discontinued, effective July 31. "The company will continue to explore all avenues to find a suitable acquirer for the business operations and intellectual property," it ...

Boutique expands investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... infrastructure," he said. "Georgia will be working to enhance the MBA GLI investment process across our research team, increase our company engagement, manage ESG reporting and further develop ESG insights." Most recently, Hall worked as a senior manager ...

Fidelity launches sustainable fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... our focus on sustainable investment analysis, including the recent introduction of our proprietary ESG, sustainability company ratings. "These Fidelity ESG ratings uniquely provide a forward-looking evaluation of a company's trajectory on ESG-related ...

ASIC cracks down on investment manager

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The Australian arm of a global investment management company has agreed to additional conditions imposed on its AFSL by the corporate watchdog. It comes after Societe Generale Securities Australia (SGSA) was criminally charged with breaching client ...

Schroders deputy multi-asset head to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... voting member of our Global Asset Allocation Committee and as an Australian national, is well known to the local team," the company said. Schroders' Australian multi-asset team has 12 investors including Sebastian Mullins, Mihkel Kase, Roland Winn and ...

Sargon liquidators in talks with litigation funder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... Sargon Capital's liquidators have found no takers for its May 22 call to creditors for extra funding to dig deeper into the company's affairs, and are now talking to a litigation funder. On May 22, Wexted Advisors asked Sargon Capital's 23 creditors ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Juukan Gorge, and engaged with Rio Tinto as soon as it became aware of the event. "We sought urgent meetings with the company and questioned them on the adequacy of their governance, community engagement and policies surrounding significant sites and ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... ASIC," Patrick said. "The inequity will no longer continue." The companies Patrick referred to were part of an 'exempt company list' introduced in 1995 that was only intended to remain for a couple of years before a review. Patrick alleged the ...