ESG investing – The Inside Adviser

Markets grow “irrationally enthusiastic” for ESG

July 1, 2021 by Lachlan Maddock

Markets are experiencing a "manic moment" around ESG investments and less exuberance now might not be "a bad thing in the longer run", according to Fidelity investment director Tom Stevenson.Stevenson...

Australian Ethical wins Responsible Manager of the Year

May 31, 2021 by Staff Writer

Money Management held its fund manager of the year awards last week. Presented by TV personality Andrew Daddo, the awards recognise stellar fund manager performance at a time when markets...

Being in the right place at the right time

April 15, 2021 by Ishan Dan

This week we caught up with Luke Spiller, a partner at Melbourne-based Scholten Collins McKissock Wealth Management. Luke is an up-and-coming leader in the financial advice industry, a 'lifer,' so...

Buffett pushes back on ESG proxy pressure

March 29, 2021 by Staff Writer

The US$500 billion ($649 billion) investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) is the latest group to come under pressure for its climate change and diversity disclosures. Its response and the...

No greenwashing in sight at the ESG Masterclass

March 25, 2021 by Ishan Dan

This year The Inside Network held its industry-leading Environmental, Social and Governance or ESG Masterclass with some of Australia's leading thinkers from the sector, to engage with and discuss some...

Performance test potential catalyst for advice renaissance

March 15, 2021 by Drew Meredith

A key plank of the highly touted Your Future Your Super legislation is the 'performance test' that will apply to industry super funds and other My Super products. The sector...

Passive flows creating an opportunity for active managers

February 25, 2021 by Contributor

An illustration of why an active long-short approach to the global listed infrastructure (GLI) sector makes sense. ESG funds have gained in popularity in 2020, sometimes with a material impact on underlying...

JP Morgan launches sustainable global macro strategy

February 8, 2021 by Ishan Dan

It has been a busy start to the year for JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM), with the recently launched Global Macro Sustainable Fund seeking to capitalise on a profound structural...

Australian Ethical hits $5 billion after 35 years

February 8, 2021 by The Inside Adviser

"Green-washing" and ESG may have been the most popular words in funds management in 2020, as consumers became more interested in where their capital was being invested and what it...

Governance: Raising the bar

September 27, 2020 by Contributor

Governance is the pillar of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles that investors have been actively considering for the longest period of time. This is not surprising, as in some...

If you can’t beat them, buy them

September 25, 2020 by Drew Meredith

While the active versus passive debate rolls on, and on, across the investment world, some active managers have gone to the 'dark side', at least partially, by adding more quantitative...

Two out of three on ESG

September 21, 2020 by Staff Writer

Melbourne: ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is one of the fastest growing trends ininvesting globally. It has become part of the funds management zeitgeist, aided, in part, by research pointing...

Building Climate Aware Portfolios

September 14, 2020 by Contributor

With climate change being increasingly recognised as a systemic risk, the investment community is becoming more focused on supporting the transition to a net-zero-emissions economy and establishing sound transition plans...

ESG ratings under scrutiny

August 31, 2020 by Contributor

In the wake of the pandemic, investors have continued to pile money into variously labelled ESG/sustainable funds. Are they doing what they say?

The end of shareholder capitalism

August 27, 2019 by Contributor

Capitalism’s days may be numbered – at least judging by recent polls. A majority of millennials reject the economic system, while 55 per cent of women aged 18 to 54 say they prefer socialism. More Democrats now have a positive view of socialism than capitalism.