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Australian Ethical posts record results

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... Financial Standard the results prove that ethical, sustainable investments can generate market leading results. "At the moment ESG funds are outperforming their peers, and I hope that continues," he said. "Ethical investments are very much in the mainstream ...

Spaceship Super gets boost from Voyager

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... interest in adviser-controlled market. "From a product development opportunity, we are in the middle of actively looking at an ESG option, which marries up with the customer demand for ESG," he says. Plans for superannuation offering Spaceship Super ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new integrated ESG policy statement for its global funds management business. The new ESG policy includes a proprietary 10-point ESG scoring system to evaluate its asset management teams on their level of ...

Multi-boutique adds to US team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... publications. In addition to his expertise in accessing international markets, he has an extensive background in sustainability and ESG investing," Bennelong said in a statement. At the same time, Barbara Safranek, who joined BennBridge US in March 2019 ...

AustralianSuper throws weight behind SDG platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... jointly establish a global standard for investors to identify sustainable development investments," AustralianSuper director of ESG and stewardship Andrew Gray said. "The platform will progress how we assess and engage with investee companies on their ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... reasons per se, but rather as a function to promote better long term financial performance of the companies as investments (ESG risk factors)," Steffanoni said. He said, in situations like this one, super funds might be worried about reputational damage ...

Model portfolio growth up 70%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... unique models, 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 ...

SG Hiscock, Morgan Stanley launch global equity funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... visibility and reduced downside participation. Vanden Boom said inherent to the investment approach is the belief that considering ESG factors is essential to compounding performance returns. "The result is a high-conviction global equity portfolio that ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... clients the world over, including Australia, recognise the investment potential of alternatives as well as the importance of ESG related strategies which have become much more visible in the COVID-19 world."

Capital Group appoints ESG head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
The US$1.7 trillion manager has hired Schroders' global head of stewardship as its global head of ESG. Jessica Ground will start in the new role in September and will be based in London. At Capital Group, she will be responsible for incorporating the ...