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The ICGN have recently published an update of the ICGN model mandate paper alongside the GISD. This paper is a practical tool for asset owners to incorporate clauses into investment mandates on issues such as climate change, human rights and reporting.

The PRI is fully supportive of this paper. In this session we will explore the paper, how it might be used and how the relationship between asset managers and asset owners has changed since the publication of the original paper in 2012.

Find the podcast transcript here: https://bit.ly/3Pmyv0N

Asset management is not talked about enough, but it is actually where a lot of the money is made in this business. On this show, our guest Kyle Mitchell shares strategies, tricks, and tips to make real estate exciting and profitable.

Topics on Today’s Episode

• What is Asset Management and how it works??
• What asset managers do
• Setting up the right systems in place
• Why you should find a property management company in advance
• How to find the best property management firms?
• Raising capital

Books mentioned

• Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
• Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant: Rich Dad's Guide to Financial Freedom
• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

About Kyle Mitchell

Kyle Mitchell is a real estate entrepreneur who has a focus on Multifamily Syndication and currently has $41MM AUM. He is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of APT Capital Group and the Asset Management Summit, where their mission is to positively impact the lives of their investors and the communities in which they invest through the highest level of transparency and fiduciary responsibility. Kyle is also the co-host of the weekly real estate podcasts, Passive Income through Multifamily Real Estate & Asset Management Mastery, where he speaks with various experts in the real estate industry to help educate and create clarity for passive investors and new operators. 

Connect with Kyle

• Website: www.aptcapitalgroup.com

Quotes

• ‘’No one cares more than you’’ - Kyle Mitchell
• ‘’What you track gets paid attention to, what you don’t track, nobody cares’’ - Corey Peterson

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The U.S. Department of Labor received thousands of comments on a newly proposed rule that says sustainable investments still need to put financial performance first to have a place in corporate retirement plans. Some say the proposal would put needed guardrails in place around an increasingly popular investment product, but others argue that the rule will hamper ESG options in pension funds.

We talk to sustainability experts on both sides of the debate in the latest episode ESG Insider, an S&P Global podcast about environmental, social and governance issues.

The Labor Department in June proposed requiring company-sponsored retirement accounts such as 401(k)s and pension plans that are subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA, to give a higher priority to funds with the greatest financial performance potential than to those focused on non-financial environmental and social considerations. The vast majority of comments the DOL received in July were in opposition to the proposal, according to an analysis by a number of organizations including the US SIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment.

Christian McCormick, director and senior product and sustainability specialist at asset manager Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC, notes that sustainable funds have grown exponentially. Morningstar Inc. reported that the money invested in sustainable funds increased nearly fourfold in 2019 from the prior calendar year to a total of $21.4 billion. In comparison, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, or WBCSD, has indicated that in 2019 only 4.8% of Fortune 1000 companies offered a socially-responsible fund option for employee retirement plans.

Given the rising popularity of ESG funds, McCormick suggests that the Labor Department may be trying to act early before the trend spreads and takes hold in retirement plans. If the agency were to wait until more companies offered ESG fund options, it would face much more push-back "because it would require a lot of cost to then change investment lineups [and] require a lot of regulatory and perhaps even litigation costs for plans that have already added it," McCormick says in the interview.

But William Sisson, executive director of the CEO-led WBCSD, contends that the new rule would make companies even less likely to offer ESG fund options. "This ruling is going to perhaps put some brakes on that because it's going to raise ... some flags to the fiduciaries in our companies about concerns over the litigation risk and other factors that they'll have to pay attention to if this ruling goes forward," he tells ESG Insider.

Josh Hall, Global Head of Operational Due Diligence, Willis Towers Watson,  judges how well the asset managers are doing with handling a financial crisis whilst working under unusual conditions. What is the worst thing that can happen when operational processes fail, and how close is he to giving an “ODD fail” to an asset manager? The conversation also touches on risks that have wider relevance given the prevalence of home working, including concerns around cyber security.