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The top ESG themes for 2022

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
Asset owners will increasingly pressure companies on several key areas in 2022, the top priority being driving net zero emissions engagement and activity. Preserving natural resources amid the drive for net zero emissions will be top of Robeco's environmental ...

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... and higher portfolio allocation (users are placing more money in these assets)," Guiamatsia said. "There is also a strong ESG thematic overlaying these changing trends in investor behaviour - close to one in two investors report considering ESG principles ...

New head of ESG at American Century

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
The $250 billion global investment manager American Century Investments has appointed a new head of ESG and sustainable investing. Sarah Bratton Hughes joined the firm on January 3, and will also lead the ESG and investment stewardship team at American ...

PGIM Real Estate appoints ESG lead for APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
PGIM Real Estate has hired an ESG lead for the region from CBRE, effective immediately. Julie Townsend has been appointed to the role, based in London and also responsible for Europe. She reports directly to global head of ESG and head of Americas Asset ...

Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The Pinnacle boutique is understood to be pitching two new ESG equities offerings to institutional investors. Financial Standard understands that Plato Investment Management has been meeting with institutional investors in recent weeks to discuss its ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Wilson shared insights on the problematic side of the global push towards sustainability. "What is often lost in the current ESG narrative is financial materiality, which naturally affects asset prices," Almeida and Wilson said. "While the global labor ...

Crestone to be acquired by LGT Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... enhance its market position through access to our long-standing investment expertise, especially in alternative asset classes, ESG and impact investing." Crestone was created from the acquisition of UBS Wealth Management Australia in 2016 by Chisholm ...

NZ Super awards passive ESG mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... has selected UBS Asset Management to manage $4.9 billion across two passive mandates. UBS Asset Management has designed two ESG index equity funds for NZ Super, tailored to its performance and responsible investment requirements. UBS Asset Management ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... environmental, social and governance investment strategist for the Asia Pacific region. She reports to Karen Wong, the global head of ESG and sustainable investing, and regionally to Michele Barlow, head of strategy and research for Asia Pacific. At ...

Sunsuper ESG expert in new global role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
... Wilson has been appointed head of sustainability at the Singapore investment firm, effective 10 January 2022. He has worked in ESG at Sunsuper for the past decade, first as ESG manager and most recently as head of responsible investment. Prior, he served ...