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Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... impact-washing in light of the European Union's new ecolabel for environmentally friendly investments. AMP Capital head of ESG investment research Ian Woods believes impact-washing poses a serious threat to the impact investing movement and the wider ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... (10.3%) and First State Super Employer's Australian Socially Responsible Equities (10.2%) performed strongly. However, ESG options tend to underperform over three and five-year periods, Rainmaker said, noting the gap was only 20 and 30 basis points ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... increases with age - disproving the idea that millennials are the fund members who care the most about responsible investing and ESG concerns. Forty three percent of retirees ranked responsible investing as very important to them, compared to 28% of ...

New climate risk government bond index launches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... Government Bond index while minimising tracking error," FTSE Russell said. Beyond Ratings chief executive Rodolphe Bocquet said the ESG analytics provider - whose climate risk modelling is used in the index - had developed both a quantitative and transparent ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... approaches were proving to be the most popular with asset managers. Lastly, 60% of the Invesco study's respondents said they had an ESG policy, up from 46% last year.

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... Australia's best-known and listed fund management companies are falling behind their ASX 200 counterparts in disclosing ESG factors about their companies, according to a new report. Magellan Financial, Pendal Group and Platinum Asset Management all ...

Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... for the S&P/ASX 300 index. The report included investment managers applying what RIAA describes as a "leading approach" to ESG integration. Of the120 investment managers assessed by RIAA for ESG integration, only 34 were recognised as having demonstrated ...

New boutique awards mandate to RBC I&TS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... moved on to become founder and director of Melior's investment solutions in August 2018. Tim King, who was head of company and ESG research for CFS Global Asset Management's Australian equities core fund, serves as chief investment officer. The boutique ...

VanEck changes tack on ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... Index. The index has 60 companies chosen through positive and negative screens. It excludes companies based on MSCI flags on ESG controversies and companies with a MSCI ESG rating of lower than 'A'. It also screens out companies with certain ...