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Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... seen ESG shift to the forefront of investment strategy. "Managers have been responding to a growing awareness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues among young investors who would like their investments to be aligned with their personal ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... and laggards within each sector. It recommends using the "E score lens - a multi-dimensional view of a company's environmental commitment" to assess a company's carbon footpath. "Using our 'E' scores instead of carbon intensity to 'de-carbonise' a basket ...

Qualitas launches build-to-rent fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
Qualitas has launched a new build-to-rent fund, backed by the CEFC, with an environmentally friendly bent. Qualitas has launched a new fund that will finance the construction and management of energy efficient, low emissions build-to-rent residential ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... stretch to think that they would have been affected." Dawes said Shaw and Partners had been playing ASX-listed Aeris Environmental to benefit from the pandemic, and recommended investors short anything China-facing. He pointed to the consumer discretionary ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... of attracting further capital." Tan said sentiment towards ESG in the US remains strong despite a rolling back of environmental regulations at a federal level. In North America, 58% of analysts said ESG was on the rise in 2018, that number dropped slightly ...

Global asset manager fills giant impact fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... Fund, which is dedicated to investing in companies with core business models which provide commercial solutions to environmental and social challenges, potentially including some Australian firms. The firm said the fund - which attracted support from ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... investments, while the younger generation are more likely to be attracted to companies that demonstrate ethical, social and environmental values." He encouraged ESG product providers to be aware of the evolving demands of retail investors to avoid backlash. ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... the economic threat of the coronavirus. The stark warning comes just a week after the firm championed the words of environmental activist Greta Thunberg and urged other investment firms to put climate concerns and ESG issues at the forefront of their ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Instead, we will produce new, more efficient products that do not deplete natural resources while aiming to reduce our environmental impact, waste and energy use. KPMG said new recycled products could mean big business for the Australian economy. "Internal ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... 2019, the "return to surplus" is partly due to reduced spending by the government... on agencies monitoring the environmental disasters. To wit: "The federal government also came under fire for cutting funding to disaster response agencies. This has ...