ESG
Financial planning
Despite 83% of individual investors wanting investments that align with their values, just 16% of financial advisers in Australia say they have been asked about environme...
Funds management
Issuance of green bonds almost tripled to $111 billion in the first quarter, compared to the same period a year ago, as investors seek alignment with climate-risk and env...
Funds management
Perennial Partners has launched its boutique investment firm Perennial Better Future to manage environmental, social, governance initiatives....
Funds management
Institutional investors allocating capital to China should explore environment, social and governance- driven opportunities, according to Willis Towers Watson....
Funds management
Fund managers have been providing greater transparency around their underlying investment portfolio after their funds labelled as ethical or sustainable have been rated b...
Funds management
The Amundi Responsible Investing: Just Transition for Climate fund will aim to support the energy transition to reduce carbon footprint....
Funds management
Environment, social, and governance investing was the highest in Europe, with Australia, New Zealand, and Japan catching up, according to J.P. Morgan Asset Management. ...
Expert Analysis
Ausbil’s Mark Knight writes that amid all the recent talk on the rise of passive investment strategies, their active counterparts have been steadily compounding outperfor...
Funds management
Just because funds score highly on sustainability does not mean it is a responsible investment fund, according to Evergreen, which has launched a new responsible investme...
Funds management
ETF Securities forecasts more exchange traded fund launches in the sustainability space which currently only has four funds....
Funds management
Australian and Asian investors are two to three years behind the environmental, social, and governance curve, according to Calastone....
Funds management
The appetite for renewable energy infrastructure has helped transform the sector into a highly competitive and global asset class, according to bfinance....
Funds management
Assets in environmental, social and governance exchange traded funds have risen by 96% since 2019 with internationally-focused ones reporting the best performance....
Funds management
Frontier has re-rated some its managers when they have come up short of its expectations which will mean a loss of funds from either existing clients reallocating or pote...
Features
Australian investors need to consider whether they are willing to sacrifice returns for their ethical values as the exclusion of miners could cause a significant skew to ...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...