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Do founder-led listed companies outperform on E, S and G metrics?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020  |  NEWS
... have played in company performance, the role of a founder as leader or significant shareholder comes into play. Many qualitative fund managers evaluate the impacts of founder-led companies on issues like occupational health and safety, and governance ...

Three lessons when assessing ESG risks: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... effect of inflating the effective weighting of the provider's dataset in Insight's governance rating calculation APPLY QUALITATIVE JUDGEMENT TO OVERWEIGHT THE BIGGER RISKS Equally weighting all the data outputs could lead investors to underestimate the ...

Data enhances case for ESG as separate, interrelated factor to quality

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... analysis is improving, giving greater confidence of ESG in portfolio management. This correlates with the view from qualitative managers, who also say that ESG factors can add information that enhances analysis. This analysis is also applied across geographical ...

Aberdeen Standard Investments launches smaller companies fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020  |  NEWS
... investment analysts. In addition to data or external research from a third party, there is also a huge emphasis on the qualitative side, and a big focus on stewardship and being an active owner here. The portfolio managers spend a lot of time engaging ...

Insight Investment launches proprietary ESG risk rating system

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... ESG risks, creating a "bank of information for Insight's team of 47 credit analysts to review while forming their qualitative evaluations," Insight Investment said. Analysts' decisions are also based on direct engagement with companies, a critical part ...

First Sentier Investors launch Modern Slavery Toolkit

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020  |  NEWS
... Slavery statement as well as making reporting on their risks. Reporting will be a mix of quantitative metrics and qualitative observations, Turner said. "Modern slavery isn't something where you can report a bunch of numbers and it will neatly tell you ...

Fundamental portfolio managers analyse ESG performance of funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020  |  NEWS
... performing more strongly in the abrupt downturn of financial markets, according to fund managers with fundamental qualitative ESG-themed portfolios. Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of stewardship and sustainable investing, Fidelity International. Although ...

Thinking about the future of work in the time of coronavirus

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020  |  NEWS
... undefined long period before corporate, investment, government and community leaders can assess the full quantitative and qualitative information that is being assembled right now, but companies are seeking to make major change that will undeniably impact ...

Green bond issuance could hit close to US$300 billion: Insight Investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... score, 33 a green score and the remaining 64 an amber light score. "The process we go through is the combination of a qualitative assessment and quantitative assessment," Kendall said. "We do apply our own judgement here. Whenever you're evaluating any ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... holdings, the fund manager can pursue relevant data. "It's Improving, but it's not perfect," he said. "It does require qualitative research. One of the advantages is the long term process, our average holding period is in excess of 10 years, and we have ...