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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 ...

Growth scare likely during second half of 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... remain the preference because they are "inexpensive despite their strong outperformance year to date." Redirecting focus to ESG, its hybrid companies that investors should watch, the report said. An example is pulp and paper companies that produce biomass ...

Performance test expansion paused as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... consultation to implement its election commitment to adjust the performance test for faith-based products. The impact of YFYS on ESG investing is a topic of concern for the super fund sector, as integrating ESG investing into a superannuation portfolio ...

Companies' ESG efforts improve

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
ESG focus across global companies is up by almost 8% in response to regulatory and investor pressure, report states. Fidelity's 2022 survey of analysts on sustainability issues capture's the view of 161 investment analysts from across the globe. ...