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ESG scores may be inflated: Eaton Vance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
As investors seek to integrate ESG data into their investment processes, they can mistakenly conflate ESG scores in practice with more familiar financial quality metrics, new research from Eaton Vance has revealed. The paper suggests the conflation ...

Real estate manager hires from Cbus

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... executive Pete Morrissey. In her most recent role, Moore was responsible for integrating, managing reporting on potential ESG risks for Cbus's operations and investments. She also developed and implemented a new sustainability strategy for the organisation ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
A $3.3 billion industry superannuation fund revealed it has put an investment adviser on watch in relation to ESG concerns. First Super said Orbis Investment Advisory is on watch due to its approximately 23% holding in XPO Logistics. XPO Logistics is ...

Pendal cuts fee on multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... which together have over $2 billion in assets across seven products. In February this year, Pendal became the sole owner of ESG research house Regnan, acquiring Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation's 50% stake in Regnan.

The secret to super outperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... Government Super, NZ Super Fund, TCorp and UniSuper all have two or more. The report also highlighted an increase in interest in ESG integration across the whole sector. In 2016, only 34% of super funds had at least one negative screen across the whole ...

Boomers show healthy ESG appetite

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is well and truly on the radar for savvy millennials, but new research has revealed it could also be the secret ingredient to tempting Baby Boomers into engaging with their super. The research, coming ...

Industry fund for coal miners on ESG journey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
Mine Super, the $11 billion industry fund for the coal mining industry, has clarified its position on a number of ESG issues. Vasyl Nair is the chief risk officer for Mine Super, he recently spoke at a panel on ESG issues at the annual Investment Performance ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... managers, even as the fund has fine-tuned its spending in the asset class over the last three years. "As a fund, we 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. ...

Super Fund of the Year named

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... Performance - Australian Equities AMG Corporate Super Best Performance - International Equities WA Super Best Performance - ESG HESTA Eco Pool Best Performance - Cash AMG Corporate Super Best Performance - Fixed Income Hostplus Best Performance - Property ...

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... are examples around the world where pension funds and asset allocators have had to set up a bucket that might be called the ESG bucket or the impact bucket or the climate bucket." He said that in terms of asset allocation those who have come to the conclusion ...