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Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... of thematic engagement and collaboration Francis Condon said: "We view engagement as fundamental to any sustainable investing approach. Through engagement, investors can be a force for good in influencing corporate behaviour and accelerating action in ...

Firetrail Investments launches global equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... sustainably while not sacrificing outperformance," Gray said. The problem with traditional approaches to sustainable investing is they are backwards looking, he added. "Companies that have already been identified as high quality, sustainable leaders ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
State Street Global Advisors appointed a sustainable investing specialist from CareSuper to a newly created position. Based in Melbourne, Xinting Jia joins as environmental, social and governance investment strategist for the Asia Pacific region. She ...

CBA, Northern Trust announce Green Repurchase Agreement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... kind in Australia, participation in the Green Repo product launch reinforces Northern Trust's commitment to sustainable investing and innovation." The certified Green Repo further diversifies the sources of funding available to support CBA's portfolio ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... and engagement, which will be carried out by Robeco's Active Ownership team. "With increasing demand for sustainable investing solutions, launching a fund offering Australian investors a sustainable alternative to passive investments was a logical development," ...

Bell Asset Management launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
Leaning into the ever-growing interest in sustainable investing, Bell Asset Management has launched a new fund. The Bell Global Sustainable Fund is an ESG fund for Australian retail and wholesale investors. The fund is an actively managed, concentrated ...

AMP continues to lose ESG investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... house analysed 144 Australasia-domiciled (Australia and New Zealand) sustainable investments in its report, Sustainable investing landscape for Australian fund investors. Of these, 113 exclude investments in controversial areas like tobacco (104), and ...

Fear of greenwashing worse than reality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
... the first quarter of 2018 to 129 in the final quarter of 2020. As ESG increased in prominence along with sustainable investing strategies, so did the scrutiny applied to sustainability or ESG claims. A survey conducted by Quilter Investors in May 2021 ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... challenging. Australian investors are also concerned about greenwashing, with 62% citing it as a major challenge to sustainable investing. The kind of funds Aussie instos want to invest in appear to differ from their global counterparts. The survey found ...

Fidelity nabs ESG expert from HESTA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
Fidelity International has bolstered its sustainable investing and ESG expertise with a hire from industry super fund HESTA. Daniela Jaramillo has been appointed as director, sustainable investing, based in Melbourne, in what is a newly created role ...