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Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... or bad, will be remembered for years to come. And now, for the first time since ESG really turned up on our radars, companies are being put to the test, in a truly unprecedented, universal way. No matter whether you are a supermarket conglomerate, an ...

Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... company to single-mindedly safeguard its profits to the detriment of its staff, the community, or our environment. "How companies and investors respond to these unchartered and challenging times will inform how we shape our future economy hopefully into ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... industry that there is little or no conflict between investing sustainably and long term returns. "We also acknowledge that companies with poor ESG credentials could represent elevated financial risk," Nair said. However, Mine Super has the difficult ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... won't name names - which had Exxon in it and British American Tobacco in it. It's difficult to understand how those companies could be in an impact fund by the traditional meaning of what that is," he says. There is also many sustainable or low ...

ESG enthusiasm booms post-Royal Commission

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... very engaged. We are looking to invest in the more engaged companies in our Perennial Smaller Companies Sustainable Future Trust."

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... newer channels may for now be getting most of the media attention this will stir renewed interest in Listed Investment Companies (LIC). These are all legitimate means of investing that should be assessed through a common lens. Just because one is the ...

Government launches emerging market impact investment fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
... performance." "The vast majority of Australians want superannuation invested responsibly, such as through investing in companies that build clean energy infrastructure or avoiding investments that can harm communities such as weapons manufacturing." ...

BNP Paribas launches green trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... constraints. The Trust seeks to achieve sustainable, above market returns over the long-term by investing globally in companies in the resource efficiency and environmental markets. Describing the new product as a 'deep green' environmental investment ...

Finology expert to address AFA roadshow

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2015
... Roadshow in July. The US-based psychologist has 15 years' experience working with financial institutions and insurance companies on issues such as finology and behavioural finance. Lazenby has also worked with the US Federal Reserve, as well as Fortune ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten