ESG

Funds management

Although climate change is one of the main drivers for ethical investing, there are not a lot of funds investing in renewables and alternative energy. ...

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Funds management

Robeco will extend its exclusion of investments in fossil fuels to all funds, not just its sustainable range, with the aim to divest completely by Q4....

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People & Products

Arrow will have use of Nucleus’ digital advice platform Nucleus Wealth Fusion, a robo-advice platform with active management and environmental, social and governance filt...

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Expert Analysis

Jason Hazell provides insights on how Islamic investing meets the needs and requirements of Muslim Australians who want to invest according to their faith. ...

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Superannuation

Around 90% of member enquiries regarding the super fund’s environmental, social and governance policy related to climate change....

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Funds management

Investors and trustees need to ask fund managers for reporting metrics on specific environmental, social, and governance issues they claim they are solving, according to ...

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Funds management

A rigorous approach to environmental, social, governance analysis will be necessary to manage risks and capitalise on opportunities from green infrastructure, according t...

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Funds management

Firms are finding it harder to assess modern slavery risks when companies cannot be visited in person due to travel restrictions. ...

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Funds management

The bank has failed to reach its targets for the number of women in leadership roles and for employees from under-represented groups. ...

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Funds management

While environmental, social, and governance integration in a fund might sound good, it often fails to meet investor expectations....

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Funds management

Oil will be ‘the paraffin’ of the future, according to Ninety One strategist Michael Power, as investors abandon investing in the sector over environmental, social and go...

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Funds management

A panel made up of specialist ESG fund managers, advisers and analyst has warned that AMP is likely to pay a significant price for its recent controversy around governanc...

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Funds management

The CFA Institute has proposed environmental, social, and governance disclosure standards to allow investors to more comprehensively evaluate whether an investment produc...

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People & Products

US-based Promethos Capital is expanding into Australia to offer global and multi-cap equity strategies built around goals such as social justice, gender lens/diversity, a...

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Expert Analysis

Client pressure prompted by factors such as the bushfires is encouraging firms to consider their environmental, social and governance criteria, writes Matthew Picone....

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