This year’s top 10 stories included a peek into AustralianSuper’s international equities build out in London, AMP’s move to slash employee benefits, and plenty of hard-hitting analysis of the issues that matter in institutional investment. But the real story is how readers helped shape all of that coverage.
Orbis’ Stuart Place is riding from Melbourne to the Moon and Back to fund a treatment for the “monster of a disease” that his youngest son was born with. The investment industry is rallying behind him.
Two out of three on ESG
Melbourne: ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is one of the fastest growing trends in
investing globally.
It has become part of the funds management zeitgeist, aided, in part, by research pointing to better
performance by fund managers that favour companies with good ESG policies and practices.
The recent decision by the Trump administration to restrict the ability of US pension funds to invest
in companies espousing ESG principles has thrown a spotlight on the issue once again.
Read the full Media Release: here.
