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Boutique bolsters ESG team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... portfolio manager Neil Margolis said El-Khoury's appointment will support the firm's efforts to more deeply integrate ESG factors within its Australian equities funds. "ESG related matters are becoming increasingly important in assessing potential and ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... trading currencies in responsible and ethical manner. Mesirow chief executive Joseph Hoffman expanded on the role of ESG factors in super fund currency programs. He argued that taking ESG into account in currency can actually add alpha to portfolios. ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... about emissions but focus on their transition capacity, Reid said, while keeping in mind traditional investment and ESG factors. Most investors focus on this approach and their transition capacity. "This is drawing on the fact that we have been historically ...

New head of ESG at boutique

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... appointment reflects Maple-Brown Abbott's continued investment in the ESG space and how seriously we view integrating ESG factors into our investment process across all of our portfolios," Maple-Brown Abbott Sophia Rahmani said. "We expect this will ...

Zenith introduces ESG classification

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... of funds classed as 'integrated', meaning they expressly take into consideration responsible investment and ESG factors. While Australian and international shares funds did have a large number of funds incorporating responsible investment and ...

Super fund awards first ESG mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... the expertise of our experienced investment team, the Cameron Hume Global Fixed Income ESG Fund makes integrating ESG factors into a fixed-income strategy achievable without sacrificing returns."

What instos want from managers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... performance, poor strategic decisions were the factor most likely to lead an investor to support an activist. When asked what ESG factors might lead them to support an activist, 66% of respondents identified a lack of response to an ESG shareholder resolution ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... have an average or above average GRESB Real Estate Assessment score, and in infrastructure assets with integrated ESG factors that work towards a low-carbon economy or have limited exposure to transition risks. Infrastructure companies that own fossil ...

Include ESG in BFID: FSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... scope of the duty to be clarified to ensure that long-term investment decisions, including those which incorporate ESG factors, are not in conflict with the best financial interests duty, particularly given the long-term nature of superannuation investments ...

Pinnacle boutique wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... distribution Wes Campbell. "Importantly, legalsuper members can rest assured Aikya's intensive focus on stewardship and ESG factors means funds will not flow into companies with negative social utility such as coal, gambling, tobacco and arms manufacturers." ...