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Fund manager creates lead distribution role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... offer clients." Last September, the fund manager hired Nicholas Varco as the head of ESG to lead the integration of environmental, social and governance factors with the investment team.

How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... 321 financial advisers were surveyed as part of this research. The survey found that 78% intend to invest based on environmental factors in the next 12 months while 46% will invest specifically with corporate governance in mind, 43% will focus on ethical ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... cruelty, gender discrimination, tobacco, gambling, palm oil, controversial weaponry, or have a recent track record of environmental damage, or excessive executive remuneration. Elsewhere, the new option will invest in property assets that have an average ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... Strategy, which invests in companies providing climate change solutions. It currently also manages the BNP Paribas Environmental Equity Trust, based on Impax Leaders strategy which invests in new energy, eater, waste and resource discovery and sustainable ...

Pensions for Purpose eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... pension funds to coalesce around agreed goals that will lead to a greater scale of investment in solutions to the environmental and social challenges we face, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and social and affordable housing."

Nuveen drives global ESG capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... agricultural produce are critical for a sustainable future." Davies said Westchester is committed to reducing the environmental impact of agricultural production whilst partnering with local communities to drive ESG improvements. "Cristina brings with ...

Cbus awards $240m mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The $60 billion industry super fund for the construction and building sectors has announced a new $240 million mandate. Impax Asset Management has been awarded the mandate in a move focused on investing in opportunities arising from the transition away ...

CFOs gain clout in ESG metrics

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... enterprise are looking to the CFO to ensure that the company appropriately mitigates risk by addressing security and environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges," the report said. As an example, Accenture cited using public cloud infrastructure ...

Australian Ethical continues growth trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
The booming interest in socially and environmentally conscious investments has seen Australian Ethical post stellar half year results, despite the pandemic. Australian Ethical reported underlying profit after tax for the second half of 2020 of $4.9 ...

Woodside results vindicate divestment argument: Activists

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... committed to reach net zero by 2050 and/or divest thermal coal. The results were preceded by criticism from the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), which released a legal analysis criticising Woodside's climate-related risk disclosures. "Woodside ...