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ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... exposure to materials and energy." Morningstar said. "Whilst we note that Hyperion Asset Management has a detailed ESG Policy and Framework, its low-carbon risk score was an outcome of their process rather than an intended objective." The Pendal Ethical ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... industry-specific ESG factors most likely to influence the financial performance of companies, it said. Also offered now are ESG policy benchmarks and custom indices that maximize the R-Factor ESG score. Bloomberg says these offerings will help investors ...

Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Superannuation Retirement Fund has hired Louise Bradshaw from Eaton Vance who will be responsible for setting the fund's ESG policy agenda and making recommendations to the investment committee and the board regarding it. She joins from Eaton Vance ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... proving to be the most popular with asset managers. Lastly, 60% of the Invesco study's respondents said they had an ESG policy, up from 46% last year.

QSuper commits to ESG, creates new role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... Protection, working for Marine Finance Consulting. The QSuper role was created with the aim of elevating the fund's ESG policy to the same level of maturity as the other arms of the investment process. Molinari is responsible for creating, implementing ...

HESTA chair on responsible investment board

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2015
... managers who've made formal commitments to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) incorporation either through ESG policy or becoming a signatory to the PRI. PRI board chair Martin Skancke said he was pleased to welcome the new board members, including ...

Future Fund tarred by its tobacco stocks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2012
... was more hostile. Burgess attempted to deflect questions about its tobacco investments by outlining the Future Fund's ESG policy and stated that, "we expect all of our managers and all our investment partners to have their own ESG people". But when repeatedly ...

Solaris responds to super demands on ESG policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
As super funds increasingly require ESG factors to be embedded into the investment process of fund managers, $4 billion boutique Solaris Investment Management has appointed a specialist on a permanent basis. Lisa Domagala has been working with Solaris ...

ESG funds pip mainstream

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... cent to $19.3 billion in funds under management and is achieving better returns than those that don't have a clear ESG policy incorporated into their overall investment strategy. RIAA also found the average 'responsible investor' in Australia outperformed ...
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