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Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... partnerships with Sustainalytics, Refinitiv and Rhodium. Aladdin Climate also launched recently, it will assess the environmental risks that climate change poses to asset classes and investment portfolios. BlackRock said it wants ESG to be "at the heart" ...

Retail default fund tops performance table

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... Prime Super's property option delivered the best returns at 7.7% p.a. for the asset class. UniSuper's Global Environmental Opportunities (14% p.a.) and its Sustainable High Growth (9.6% p.a.) led the way for ESG investing.

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... like Santos, Market Forces asset management campaigner Will van de Pol told Financial Standard. "Some of the major environmental issues the Narrabri project presents are impacts on the water table, including the great artesian basin which is an important ...

Myer Foundation partners with Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "Shared Value posits that corporate success and improved social and environmental conditions are in fact inherently linked - and when achieved together, they can dramatically enhance future prosperity," Myer ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... and PSP Investments have called on companies and investors to provide consistent and comprehensive reporting of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information, aligned with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board standards and the Task ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... offer this exciting opportunity to our clients, who have requested exposure to the accelerating clean energy and environmental activities occurring in Europe." The platform was launched by ex-Citi bankers and focuses on advisers, family offices, wholesale ...

SSGA names global investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... force for several key initiatives across the business including implementing consideration of financially material environmental, social and governance issues throughout the investment process, he added. Separately, parent company State Street named ...

ESG bringing the family together

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing have emerged as a common interest for high net worth families who have competing interests over financial advice, risk and objectives, new research shows. Barclays Private Bank found that by 2030 ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... most use negative screens to exclude companies in controversial industries and those that run afoul of ethical and environmental standards," Morningstar said. "In practice, the screens of Vanguard's ESG passive strategies do not differentiate the ...

Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The research house has commenced integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its analysis of funds, asset managers and individual stocks, calling out subpar approaches to ESG. As a part of Morningstar's ESG Commitment Level ...