25th Sep 2019 – Rebekah Swan – ESG Investment Specialist, NZ / Client Advocate / Head of Product

This week I was at the launch of the report Impact Investor Insights Aotearoa New Zealand 2019 – a study on the state of impact investing in New Zealand. This inaugural study was conducted by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) in partnership with the University of Auckland, and […]

Dubbed the “world’s best plan”, the SDGs are targeting a better future through decisive action on the most urgent global issues. The surpassing scale of this mission calls for $5-$7 trillion of investment per year until 2030 and has catalysed […]

4th Sep 2019 – Kristen Le Mesurier – Portfolio Manager – Multi Asset Group Sydney, Australia

Blockchain – or distributed ledger technology (DLT) – is beginning to be employed by businesses to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) obligations.

Its potential applications in the ESG space include tracking provenance in supply chains, and improving transparency and data security.

Most commonly associated with the […]

A recent current affairs programme in Australia exposed a mass internment camp in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, where it is alleged that Uyghurs, a Turkish-speaking Muslim minority group in China, are being detained and forced to work in garment factories which supply some of the world’s largest clothing brands.

With consumers increasingly demanding cheaper products and faster […]

25th Sep 2019 – Emily Woodland Co-Head of Sustainable InvestmentHong Kong, China

Milton Friedman and Adam Smith are lions of economic theory. Their influence on organisational responsibility to shareholders, the division of labour and the meaning of fiduciary duty is powerful – but is it out of date?

The financial sector has slowly begun to transform its understanding of fiduciary duty, especially since the Global […]

Recession risks are rising as trade tensions depress global manufacturing and the inverted U.S. Treasury yield curve signals warning. While we’re cautious for now, a combination of central bank easing, a trade-war truce and China stimulus could brighten the outlook.