Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 811 - 820 of 1463 results for "ESG"

Why COVID-19 could boost ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... agriculture, protecting water resources and global climate change." Fidelity International, which introduced a proprietary ESG rating system last year, has said that its research indicates that during the COVID-19 pandemic companies with stronger ESG ...

A decade in the dust

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... investors to reset and reassess how they look at allocating to equities. Two areas I think will end-up as winners are China and ESG." Isles agrees, revealing his firm's international fund has more net exposure to China than any other country. "This ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... response to the coronavirus, whether it be good or bad, will be remembered for years to come. And now, for the first time since ESG really turned up on our radars, companies are being put to the test, in a truly unprecedented, universal way. No matter ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... beginning to see, and again, this is something that people are often shocked about, is that governance is improving from an ESG perspective in China," she said. "We're seeing a set of enterprises with better quality assets, that are better managed ...

Investment specialist joins sustainable fund manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... very compelling and unique proposition for institutional investors." She said Lighthouse was well positioned to service the ESG and investment demands of the evolving investment community. "Increasingly investors are looking to identify differentiated ...

VicSuper investments chief joins Hostplus

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... and Finance in Victoria. Last month, Hostplus picked up Kim Farrant from VicSuper's team, appointing her the fund's head of ESG.

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
The world of ESG integration into the investment process has moved ahead so rapidly that industry experts agree those who aren't yet on the bandwagon will likely be left behind. In order to keep up with the times, many firms have introduced proprietary ...

AXA IM in strategic overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... has seen investors turn to alternative investments as well as innovative and outcome-oriented strategies that incorporate ESG and impact considerations, AXA IM said. "AXA IM will respond to these trends by leveraging decades of deep understanding of ...

Praemium rolls out investment tools, options

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
With ESG investing continuing to prove popular among investors, Praemium is taking steps to ensure financial advisers are able to meet demand. The platform has rolled out an "industry first" suite of ESG options, including new screening functionality ...

Major firms criticised for substandard RI approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... scored poorly in its assessment of their approach to responsible investment. The list of asset managers with "particularly poor ESG performance" include the world's six largest managers, BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors, Fidelity Investments ...