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Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... airline, or a super fund, this crisis will take its toll. And investors, who are increasingly aware of the importance of ESG factors, will demand answers. Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said its time for leaders to consider the long ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... likely be left behind. In order to keep up with the times, many firms have introduced proprietary systems for measuring ESG factors and rating stocks against them. "A lot of people see this as a window of opportunity and are therefore jumping on the ...

Bearish sentiment bites Aussie investors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... their ethical, social and governance (ESG) principles with their investment strategies. Three in 10 investors consider ESG factors when increasing or decreasing exposure to different investments, with 14% keen to do so in the future. "There is strong ...

ESG scores may be inflated: Eaton Vance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... quantitative research analysts Alexander Deleon and Yijia Chen, explored the relationship between quality factors and ESG factors, as well as the potential financial materiality of different multi-factor combinations of quality and ESG factors across ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... have to use ESG screens and it can be more difficult finding a solution that is both low-cost and can account for ESG factors," he says. Echoing Wong's comments, he adds that fixed income funds are not inherently structured to give investors great access. ...

BlackRock Australia rejigs multi-asset range

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... are used by over 1000 Australian advisers. Starting next month, the portfolios for both funds will be screened for ESG factors, said David Griffith, BlackRock's head of investment strategy for multi-asset strategies group, Australia. "The change ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... solution developed by State Street Global Advisors, for the index family. The new indices focus on industry-specific ESG factors most likely to influence the financial performance of companies, it said. Also offered now are ESG policy benchmarks and ...

Global manager names regional director

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... was previously manager sustainability investments for VicSuper. Her responsibilities will include the integration of ESG factors into ASI investment decision-making in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific. It will also be her role to advocate for the ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... found that global benchmarks and "off the shelf" ESG research has not been detailed enough to make determinations on ESG factors outside of the market's largest companies."

Super funds recognised in UNPRI awards

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... Opportunities Strategy). The strategy is one that was developed following internal research examining the links between key ESG factors and long-term corporate performance, according to the fund's chief executive Deanne Stewart. "Through our SIMON ...