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Mercer pumps $100m into Perennial Partners strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... Future portfolio manager Damian Cottier said it is pleasing to be recognised for a differentiated and authentic approach to ESG and sustainable investing. "We are leveraging Perennial's large and experienced investment team to find companies that are ...

Annual IMAP awards finalists revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
The finalists for the 2022 IMAP Managed Account Awards have been named, including across a new category for ESG products. The awards cover Australian equities, Australian equities small cap, international equities and multi-asset products, as well as ...

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APRA has said it intends to issue draft guidance on how super funds can demonstrate clear understanding of ESG risks, manage those risks, and reflect ESG considerations in investment strategy.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 ...

Investors, advisers need further ESG education

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
Most Australians say ESG is important but claim they aren't receiving the assistance needed when it comes to sustainable investing. In line with its Australian market launch, Capital Preferences released its ESG is Personal: 2022 Study of ESG Preferences ...

LGT Crestone hires head of sustainability

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
... deputy chief investment officer Kevin Wan Lum. She is tasked with managing LGT Crestone's environmental impact through ESG and sustainability-related initiatives and "plays a crucial role in ensuring the firm's core sustainability commitments ...

Impax Asset Management names APAC sustainability lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
The specialist manager has appointed Nana Li as head of sustainability and ESG for Asia Pacific. Li commenced in the role this month, joining from the Asian Corporate Governance Association, an independent organisation that works with investors and ...

Qantas Super, CEFC back new ESG fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Sachs to reduce its carbon intensity, as previously reported by Financial Standard. At the time, Spence said: "We believe ESG factors increasingly impact investment returns and risks and contribute to us delivering sustainable growth to our members." ...

EG appoints joint managing directors in response to growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... returns post-pandemic, the appetite for major investments in prop-tech such as data engines and visualization, digital twins and ESG platforms has never been greater. EG is already incubating the next "tiny-giant" start-ups that will shake up the ind ...

Aware Super invests in $100bn energy opportunity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... batteries. The latter of which is a type of rechargeable flow battery that's best suited to grid-energy storage. This latest ESG investment by Aware Super comes a week after Rainmaker Information analysis identified it as being an ESG Super Leader.

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... impact of YFYS measures on capital allocation to be assessed and address the challenges it presented for infrastructure and ESG-focused investments." ASFA has consistently raised concerns that the benchmarking approach adopted would have unintended consequences ...