Distinguished portfolio manager to help Newday Impact accelerate institutional asset management business
SAN FRANCISCO — June 1st, 2021 — Newday Impact, a San Francisco-based asset management and financial technology company that brings authentic responsible investing to those wanting their investments to reflect their values, has hired Gordon Telfer as Chief Investment Officer. Telfer will be responsible for overseeing all portfolio management activities and investment strategy including ESG research, analytics, product development, and integration of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into the company’s investment process and impact portfolios. Mr. Telfer will co-lead Newday’s investment committee with Kurt Lieberman, Newday Impact’s President.
Most recently Telfer was a Client Portfolio Manager for Nuveen, a TIAA company where he served for nine years. In his role he focused on global equity strategies including Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) portfolios. Before joining Nuveen, Telfer held distinguished leadership roles at several global asset management companies. He was the Director of Global Equities, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager for RBC Global Asset Management, a Senior Portfolio Manager on Alliance Capital Management’s Large-Cap Growth team, and was a Senior Vice President and Global Strategist at Scudder Kemper Investments. He began his portfolio management career at Murray Johnstone International (MJI) in 1986, a company that managed institutional pension, insurance, and endowment and foundation accounts. During his tenure at MJI, Telfer was instrumental in developing the company’s active, socially responsible portfolio management capabilities.
“Understanding the interplay between ESG factors and market inefficiencies that can be exploited is a critical component in our ability to generate excess returns at Newday. Gordon’s deep and distinguished history in portfolio management and in the evaluation of ESG data, will allow us to continue to innovate as a provider of sustainably focused investment management solutions to the institutional marketplace”, said Doug Heske, CEO of Newday Impact. “His global perspective and intellectual capacity will help us further develop our thinking of how to measure and deliver deeper and more authentic impact and solve for the critical social and environmental issues that we are facing today.
Telfer has appeared frequently in financial media including CNBC, Bloomberg, and Fox Business News. He has been a featured speaker at numerous investment conferences worldwide including SRI in the Rockies and has published numerous research papers on sustainable investing and institutional portfolio management. He earned his Institute of Bankers Diploma in Finance, Economics, and Accounting from Bell College of Technology (Hamilton, Scotland), and his Stock Exchange Clerks Diploma from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland.
For more information about Newday Impact’s work and investment opportunities, please write to us at info@newdayinvesting.com or visit our website.
About Newday Impact:
Newday Impact is the financial services company which provides authentic portfolios for responsibility-minded investors. Backed by insightful research and recognized community leaders, Newday Impact offers portfolios addressing the major ESG issues in the world. Newday Impact also supports its partners by donating 5% of revenue to nonprofits focused on this transformational change. Newday Impact works with family offices, institutions, investment advisors, financial services platforms, and individual investors, who want both a return on investment and community impact.