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Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
Ariel Investments chief investment officer Rupal J. Bhansali shared her contrarian views on ESG investing and why Phillip Morris International makes the cut. "Because we are risk aware managers we are going to be ESG aware," Bhansali said. "We believe ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... 18-29 years saw global warming as a 'serious and pressing problem'." Cerulli said demand from young investors has seen ESG shift to the forefront of investment strategy. "Managers have been responding to a growing awareness of environmental ...

Shape up on climate change risk: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... superannuation prudential framework, APRA will update Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance (SPG 530) in relation to ESG considerations for super funds. APRA said a survey of its regulated entities in 2018 revealed that the financial ...

All-tech index offers new opps in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... alternative strategies such as investing in healthcare, sustainable energy and in tech. "The tech space plays really well into that ESG space because they're newer companies and don't have the [legacy issues] of banking and mining businesses," ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... hand and hand, allowing advisers and portfolio managers to create personalised portfolios that exclude companies with poor ESG ratings, while limiting human bias. That's according to Robeco director of factor investing, Simon Lansdorp, who told Financial ...

Profits down as Perpetual looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... Trillium Asset Management was heralded by Adams as a means to meet the "evolving expectations" of stakeholders as demand for ESG and impact investing grows. Adams also announced the appointment of former Henderson Global Investors head of North American ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... BlackRock, Magellan and Pendal. Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund was named top High Performance fund and top ESG Australian Equity product. Pendal Group also had a good night, with its Pendal Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund ...

Global index creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... develop FTSE Russell's Asia Pacific sustainable investment product strategy and expansion. Fung has been working as an expert in ESG and sustainable investment since 2008, including providing advisory research on stewardship implementation for pension ...

Super fund director departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... said he is proud of what the fund achieved during his time on the board, particularly reinvigorating conversations around ESG factor's in the fund's investment strategy. "We are now on the frontier of being able to take another step forward on ESG. I ...

Analyst views on ESG swing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
The Fidelity International Analyst Survey has revealed surprising sentiment around ESG, with 90% of analysts reporting some or all the companies they cover are focussed on ESG. In 2019, 31% of analysts surveyed said most companies they cover were stepping ...