ESG investing

Things are changing quickly in the $130 trillion global bond market, and with change comes opportunity. For the better part of the past two years, investors have...

Over the last few decades, a growing number of investors have been willing to do something which it seems Scott Morrison is unwilling to do in Rome: put their money...

Gas prices in the UK shot up by 37% in a single day in early October. This was on top of a near trebling in price since the Summer of last year.The UK has become more...

In the spring of 2020 – in the early stages of the global pandemic – we marvelled at the resiliency of the Chinese stock market, which we ascribed to the country’s...

There's no longer room for scepticism: doubt, and you'll miss out. The trio of concerns at the heart of ESG investment now have the attention of world leaders, and...

You might assume a company whose business model revolves entirely around gambling would automatically be disqualified from any ESG ranking system. But as the following...

As long-term investors, we understandably care about the quality of our investments now. But it is the future direction of these companies where we can realise the...

The retrofitting of global energy systems designed to run on fossil fuels is a shift unsurpassed by anything since the industrial revolution. While on the surface it...

Like many others, the COVID-19 lock-downs were an opportunity to develop new hobbies. One of my new hobbies was to join a film club. A few months ago, we watched ‘The...

By 2025, Global ESG assets are on track to exceed $53 trillion, representing more than a third of the $140.5 trillion in projected total assets under management,...

A disappointing roadshow lunch. In 2016, I attended a roadshow lunch for an upcoming initial public offering (IPO). This was of course in the “good old days” before...

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) was an IPO while I was working at Patersons (now Canaccord) in Perth during 2003 and it became a significant holding of the UCITS...

2020 was planet Earth’s hottest on record - a fact that many would be forgiven for missing in what can only be described as a tumultuous year. Outside of the COVID...

Large-scale power cuts caused by ageing coalfired utilities are just one of several reasons why Octopus Investments Australia is prepping its new $100 million fund to...

Whether you love or loathe the organisation, Greenpeace knows how to produce a good campaign video. Personally, I love them, but even for me, its ‘KitKat video’ was...

It is an unrivalled opportunity, but can be unclear and greenwashed. Global ESG is the investing thematic of the future, worth a staggering US$1 trillion dollars...

A theme that has been bounced around for the better part of two decades is getting its day in the sun. This year's Inside ETFs Australia conference, hosted at the ASX...

You heard it here first - green is the new black. Every investor, young, old, male or female is beginning to understand that the next big investing theme is...

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ETF use has exploded over the last few years in Australia, with total assets under management (AUM) surpassing $1.5 billion...

In recent years, the general sentiment across much of the investment sector has been one that pushes industries towards a greater embrace of environmental, social and...