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Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... communities support for supporting longer-dated environmental aims waxes and wanes as we've seen here politically." The rise of ESG, Howitt said, reflects how the political process frustrates citizens searching for action on things which matter to them. ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... AMP Capital, Aberdeen Standard and Vanguard had one each. Interestingly, of the ones that outperformed the index, three were ESG funds (Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund, AMP Sustainable Share Fund and Australian Ethical Diversified Shares). The research ...

Industry fund awards $150m mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... CBA fund $15 billion of low energy carbon projects by 2025. Sunsuper chief investment officer Ian Patrick said: "We believe ESG integration is consistent with better investment outcomes, and has the ancillary benefit of contributing to a better future ...

Future Fund voted down Pinnacle equity grants

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2019
... non-executive director at MFG's board. Future Fund released the details of its proxy voting yesterday as a part of its ESG disclosures. In all, it voted against 102 resolutions put to shareholders in FY18. This financial year, the "against" votes ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... strategies and 66.5% is in passive investments. "We offer clients various product choices, including portfolios with a focus on ESG factors. These portfolios are among our fastest growing which reflects clients choosing to move in that direction," BlackRock ...

Workplace deaths missing from ESG reports: ACSI

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
Companies should disclose workplace safety issues and fatalities in their ESG reporting to improve transparency and identify systemic risks, according to the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). That was a key takeaway from the council's ...

BlackRock partners with $23bn super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
BlackRock partnered with a $23 billion superannuation fund to develop an ESG-focused global bond index fund. VicSuper has again partnered with the global fund manager, this time to develop a global bond index fund similar to the ESG Australian Bond ...

AMP Capital revamps ethical super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
... largest responsible investment manager with more than $2.8 billion in funds under management across its seven ethical and ESG strategies.

Fidelity appoints sustainable investing lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Pacific region, Tan will assume responsibility for leading Fidelity's strategy and policies across engagement, voting and ESG integration. He will also oversee the firm's ESG teams across Europe and Asia. Tan's direct report, Fidelity International head ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... reign in their market involvement," he said. "We expect the increasing focus on sustainability to continue and anticipate ESG factors will become an integral part of investment strategy setting and risk management." The report also found 55% of European ...