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Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... advisers and their clients for investments with a focus on ethical and sustainable businesses that exhibit sound environmental, social and governance practices," McKay said. The minimum investment size is $25,000.

Dealmakers hold off investing in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... into the mid-market, in the year ahead, down from 65% in January 2020. Prior to the pandemic, dealmakers considered environmental and social activism surrounding the bushfires, as barriers to completing mid-market deals. Despite this, 70% of dealmakers ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... inflows were up 72% in the second quarter to $99.8 billion (US$71.1 billion) supported by growing investor interest in environmental, social and governance issues. European sustainable funds reaped the majority of inflows for the second quarter, garnering ...

AIST pushes for policy reform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... job creation, governments would also need to consider fast-tracking approvals, while maintaining the appropriate environmental and planning requirements." Working together, the government and superannuation sector could help improve the economic outlook ...

Bond investor sues Australian government

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... Saturday bushfires of 2009 and the bushfires at the start of this year. Both her parents have jobs that are focussed on environmental issues so O'Donnell grew up with a strong environmental awareness. The family has now relocated to Hurstbridge ...

State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
State Street Global Advisors is expecting to launch a new low-cost environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETF on the ASX on August 5, with a similar risk-return to the ASX 200. The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund will go by the ticker E200 and is the ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... for each member for their retirement. However, in the explanatory background to the proposal the US DOL addresses environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing of pension fund assets specifically. It referred back to findings the DOL made in 2018 ...

BlackRock offers update on dumping coal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... in 2020, with the number of company engagements increasing by 47% in 2019-2020 compared to 2018-2019. Looking at environmental engagement, BlackRock engaged 289% more frequently with the number of engagements on environmental issues increasing from 316 ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... a wind power project in Rajasthan, India. "These projects reflect our local and global outlook and they generate environmental, social and economic co-benefits," Yip said. "The carbon offset projects align with the United Nations Sustainable Development ...

Model portfolio growth up 70%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... 12% are ETF or indexed based, but the big surprise is that only 2% have been identified as being explicitly ESG (environmental, social and governance) based. "We should expect this number to increase given the market's push for ESG products that is currently ...