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Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... oversight for Assemble on its financial control and compliance as well as leadership in governance matters such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and maintaining culture, values, and code of conduct. Daff said the formation of a board is ...

ESG push not going anywhere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Close to 90% of investors globally are asking their fund manager for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products, according to the 2020 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey. According to the survey, allocators are increasingly focused on ESG products ...

SASB appoints Australian advisor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... meeting investors' focused demands for ESG disclosure," SASB chief executive Janine Guillot said. Jeyaretnam is an environmental engineer and partner in EY's Climate Change and Sustainability practice in Melbourne and brings extensive experience in sustainability ...

UniSuper revises fees for TTR members

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... following options: Sustainable Balanced 0.39%; Sustainable High Growth 0.46%; Australian Equity Income 0.44%; Global Environmental Opportunities 0.49%; and Diversified Credit Income 0.39%. UniSuper wrote to members: "You will see a difference in the ...

AMP Capital bets on AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
AMP Capital has announced it will roll out energy saving artificial intelligence (AI) technology to regulate building comfort and energy use automatically. The AI system will work to reflect changes in outside temperature and occupancy of the building ...

Aware Super shakes up SRI option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... provide scope to remove organisations that don't meet ESG standards. "Our members are increasingly telling us that environmental, social and governance issues are extremely important to them. Nearly 80% of our members have told us that responsible ...

LaSalle joins 2050 club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... working across its managed portfolio to improve the sustainability aspects of its assets. "In 2017 LaSalle added Environmental Factors to its investment strategy, recognizing the importance of issues such as energy and water efficiency, climate change ...

Morphic co-founder exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... board of MEC. Its chair JoAnna Fisher said in an ASX statement. "MEC will continue to be managed in line with the environmental, social and governance (ESG) charter, supported by James Tayler, head of ESG. Mr Pridham will continue to draw on the investment ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
As more environmental, social and governance (ESG) and impact investment products become available to investors, it is integral that advisers become familiar with them, according to AXA Investment Managers and Responsible Investment Association Australasia ...

Northern Trust scores $20bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... provide fund administration and analytics for M&SPT's private market portfolio, as well as transparency over its environmental social and governance (ESG) risk exposures through its ESG Insights service. The scheme became a signatory to the United ...