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Investors, advisers need further ESG education

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... a particularly valuable opportunity for them," he said. The report found that advisers who provide investors with positive ESG investing experiences are rewarded with much higher advocacy, loyalty and wallet share growth. "Moreover, the Net Promoter ...

Implemented Portfolios launches ESG models

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... alike. The ESG Aware Model Portfolios are a suite of investment options comprising ETFs and securities that exhibit positive ESG characteristics. Now available alongside both Implemented Portfolios' existing ETF and Direct Equity Model Portfolios, advisers ...

Westpac best for ESG reporting in Australia: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... the ASX 50 for levels of transparency on ESG issues, according to the Currie Global ESG Monitor (GEM) study. The positive ESG result for the bank may be surprising given Westpac was fined $1.3 billion after an AUSTRAC investigation found it had breached ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... funds from their broader universes as much as peers that explicitly integrate ESG criteria to select companies with positive ESG characteristics." And, Vanguard was pulled up for personnel turnover. Between late 2019 and early 2020, three senior leaders ...

ESG investors overreact to negative news

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... this, it gives traders the opportunity to buy these stocks at a discount and then sell at a profit. Firms that had positive ESG news were found to be underperforming the market at the end of the observation window. Cui also noted that there is evidence ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... team have been working with a proprietary ESG score for five years. "Our ESG research team assesses a company's positive ESG drivers and many of our investments in the Global Leaders Fund are using sustainability to enhance financial performance," ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... generation facilities. Fossil fuels will still be around but the low cost of renewables, carbon prices and a desire for positive ESG investments will displace its prominence and it will only be used in a limited number of legacy industries," it said. ...

Legg Mason launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... social and governance (ESG) frameworks. The Legg Mason QS Investors Global Responsible Investment Fund will embed positive ESG analysis alongside certain ethical restrictions. The fund aims to outperform the MSCI World ESG Leaders Index and to tap into ...

New fund to invest in low-carbon Aussie stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... companies that have high exposure to carbon-intensive activities and increases weighting in those companies with positive ESG characteristics. Portfolio manager James Harwood said: "Our decarbonisation strategy commits to reducing exposure to carbon ...

Super funds strengthen support for low carbon economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2017
... footprint and fossil fuels by 50% of its MSCI ACWI benchmark, with the portfolio's weighting tilted toward companies with positive ESG characteristics and involved in developing renewable energies. Energy producers are analysed and the percentage of ...
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