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New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
APRA has said it intends to issue draft guidance on how super funds can demonstrate clear understanding of ESG risks, manage those risks, and reflect ESG considerations in investment strategy. Responding to submissions to its consultation process for ...

Insignia welcomes head of responsible investing

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... to combine investment teams, marking the latest step in its asset management integration project. Tayler will manage ESG risks and opportunities with a strong focus on climate change, modern slavery, and governance. He will be responsible for maximising ...

Qantas Super invests $2bn in Calvert, Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2022
... positively about the partnership with Qantas Super and added: "Reducing carbon emissions is a critical step in reducing the ESG risks in an investment portfolio." These new partnerships are part of a range of sustainable investment measures that Qantas ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... our internally developed and managed investment options, BT requires our underlying investment managers to consider ESG risks in their investment strategy, and we monitor ESG integration on a regular basis." Aware Super also states it has excluded nuclear ...

Bell Asset Management launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... our investments but also is in the best interests of our investors. We actively engage with companies to understand ESG risks and to influence their behaviour on ESG matters." The fund has a minimum initial investment of $25,000 and an investment objective ...

Industry fund awards ESG mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... for Australia Daniel Cheever said assets owners are looking to integrate ESG in their investment processes to manage ESG risks. "Increasingly, investors analyse data beyond traditional financial metrics and it is important for them to have a holistic ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... population, so a transition to a more sustainable food system is more urgent than ever." COVID-19 did nothing to help the ESG risks associated with meat and dairy either - rather, the pandemic has highlighted another risk factor. The mainstream theory ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... embedding principles for responsible investment and a heightened consideration for how companies are managing their ESG risks."

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... in investment management; documentation of proprietary views across investment process; and systematic monitoring of ESG risks, the fund manager said. For a JPMAM team to receive ESG integrated status under the methodology, the team "must receive an ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... firm's credit research hub with a "fresh" feed of data, and aggregates and assesses external data against a set of 29 ESG risks, which the firm's 47-strong team of credit analysts can use to form qualitative evaluations. The firm said ESG conversations ...