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Global fund manager enters Australian market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... ESG space, offering global, multi-cap equity strategies focused on addressing United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). It has offices in New York, Boston and Toronto. Promethos's investment strategies include investing in companies committed ...

AustralianSuper throws weight behind SDG platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... ESG and stewardship Andrew Gray said. "The platform will progress how we assess and engage with investee companies on their SDG contribution, measurement and reporting. This will promote real world sustainable outcomes which are vital for creating long-term ...

Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... and Ken Mehlman said that as investors, the firm had "a significant role to play in building businesses that contribute to SDG solutions," while also generating financial returns for its investors by doing so.

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... Wright said. NGS currently discloses how its equities holdings align with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). This year, it will also release its first Task Force on Climate Related Disclosures (TCFD) report, identifying the risks ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... investment," a spokesperson for Elevate said. "One component of the data collection process allows us to track a company's SDG contribution based on the revenue generated from products and services, as well as their research and development spend. ...

New super fund to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A new superannuation fund is set to launch next week focused on sustainable investing. Elevate Super will launch on Wednesday next week, a spokesperson confirmed to Financial Standard. Elevate is a sub-plan of Aracon Superannuation, a subsidiary of ...

VicSuper hits sustainability target early

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... early, while also claiming to have aligned member outcomes to eight of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The announcements form part of VicSuper's attitude towards transparency, which includes reporting on how the fund contributes ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... trustee of the global steering group on impact investing and is senior advisor to the United Nations Development Programme's SDG Impact. She believes the rapid growth of the impact investing movement may have left it open to misinterpretation. "Organisations ...

World leaders back impact investing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
A gathering of G7 ministers responsible for development cooperation has issued a strong statement in support of impact investing. This comes after world leaders at the G20 summit in Osaka also spoke about the potential benefits of impact investing. ...

Industry fund secures stake in asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
A $1.5 billion industry superannuation fund acquired a minority stake in an international asset manager. Christian Super has taken a minority shareholding in responsibility Investments AG, a leading impact asset manager headquartered in Zurich. According ...