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AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... speeding up processes and making fast work of huge amounts of data, and investors and businesses need to analyse the material ESG risks and opportunities of AI. With an expected annual growth rate of 37.3% between 2023 and 2030, AI offers significant ...

Macquarie AM wins manager of the year: ILAs

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... Indexed/Enhanced Infrastructure categories. Insignia Financial won the Balanced and Growth Multi-Asset product of the year awards. Of the ESG products, U Ethical Investors was awarded Australian Equities ESG product of the year for the U Ethical Australian ...

BT upgrades platform functionality

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... information when giving updates to clients," Croft said. Other recent changes include specie contributions to super; the addition of ESG information to the investments and research section of the mobile app and access to documents for up to three yea ...

FS Sustainability reveals ESG Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
The 50 most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies have been named in the inaugural ESG Power50 guide. The ESG Power50 comprises a diverse group of professionals who are actively shaping the future for the companies where they ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... polarisation and populism that has given rise to the "anti-woke" movement in the US. The past 12 months have seen pushback against ESG, particularly in the US. At the RIAA conference held in Melbourne earlier this month, investment and political science ...

Don't discount Vietnam: Dragon Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... issues such as the foreign ownership limit that held Vietnam in the frontier market. Another issue is the lack of awareness of ESG in frontier and emerging markets, which creates challenges for sustainable investors in these regions. Dragon Capital said ...

Super fund members eye change

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... engagement is leading to members interacting with their fund in other ways - here access to education content and approach to ESG initiatives emerged as significant areas of importance. "Members of funds that are undergoing a merger are appreciative ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... world's savviest and highest-performance institutional investor markets, and the way it has embraced climate active and ESG investment strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and energy government policy ...

NZ Super Fund chief executive resigns

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2023
... the Guardians into a world class asset owner, recognised globally for its strong investment performance, leading approach to ESG, reporting and transparency. "The Guardians, and the NZ Super Fund, have grown considerably since I joined and the fund has ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... another, more recent broad trend which is rising engagement within the investment community on how to manage the 'S' within ESG. Social factors that are particularly relevant to infrastructure investors include organisational workforce practices (especially ...