Environment, social and governance (ESG) issues are a crucial part of our investment process. They affect the way we invest and where we invest. They also inform our global engagement agenda, which is the list of issues that we target in an attempt to change companies’ behaviour for the better.
The relevance of these issues has never been greater. Investors want data on, and progress […]
AMP Capital (New Zealand) Limited has decided to divest from companies that are involved in the production of civilian firearms. This delivers on our ongoing commitment to responsible and ethical investment, and reflects New Zealanders changing attitudes towards firearms following the events in Christchurch.
We will be writing to the underlying investment managers affected by this change, instructing them to progressively sell down their civilian arms holdings, with divestment expected to be completed by 30 […]
AMP Capital has joined the NZ Super-led shareholder engagement initiative aimed at pressuring social media companies to strengthen controls on objectionable content. This collaborative engagement brings together 44 entities (26 from New Zealand and 18 international), representing over NZ$1.5 trillion of assets under management.
2NUR FM – Responsible Investing with Steven Pritchard and Jack Lowenstein
Fact sheets for March are available here:
Key points
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The NZ share market rose 5.6% easily out-pacing the UK, the US, Australia, and just ahead of China’s 5.5%. There was no particular company specific news to drive the NZ market so hard. Rather, global bonds rallied (yields fell) throughout the month as the market digested the dovish stance of the US Federal Reserve, and the US yield curve inverted for the first time in a decade. Historically an inverted […]
