Andrew Parry | Externalities, ESG disclosure and going beyond virtue signalling

In episode 55, Alex Proimos speaks with Andrew Parry is head of sustainable investment at Newton Investment Management.

This episode discusses how ESG is no longer just a fashionable acronym, how the tech platform businesses have established unfair, monopoly-like dominance that leads to negative social externalities. The conversation also looks at the challenges around reporting and disclosure, whether there are capacity constraints for ESG, how to democratise costly ESG and how to look beyond virtue signalling to being an activist of true change.

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‘Crazy’ to bet against US, AI momentum: CFS Super CEO

While the US is becoming an increasingly chaotic force in geopolitics, and valuations around its technology companies are called into question, CFS Super chief executive Kelly Power said investors going against these forces would be fighting a losing battle. Listen to her conversation with Conexus Financial founder and managing director Colin Tate on the sidelines of the historic Australian Superannuation Investment Summit last week.

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