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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Pension Policy Podcast: Fostering innovation in retirement solutions

Both APRA and ASIC have told super funds they need to adopt a greater risk appetite and be more innovative in how they fulfil their obligations under the Retirement Income Covenant. In this episode of the Pension Policy Podcast, MLC’s director of customer innovation Ashton Jones tells Retirement Magazine editor Simon Hoyle that his definition of “innovation”

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