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Australian National University selects Aberdeen Standard Investments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018  |  NEWS
... (ANU) Endowment Fund has selected Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage an Australian fixed income strategy that integrates ESG. The strategy invests in active Australian fixed income with an ESG overlay - negative screening of securities issued by ...

Local Government Super selects PIMCO for fixed income ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
Local Government Super (LGS) has awarded a new, $440 million fixed-income ESG mandate to investment manager PIMCO. The mandate will cover global credit and government bonds, LGS said. "We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with PIMCO," ...

Vanguard Australia licenses FTSE Russell index for ESG-related products

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... Developed ex Australia ex Non-Renewable Energy/Vice Products/Weapons Index. The index will form the basis for two Vanguard ESG-related products. It is the first FTSE Russell standard index family to incorporate several categories of ESG-related exclusions ...

Pauline Vamos resigns as chief executive officer of Regnan

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... creation and support confidence in Australia's investment industry, through the provision of well-researched insights into ESG risks and their management," Regnan said in a statement. "The board reaffirmed its confidence in Regnan's executive leadership ...

Responsible investment reaches tipping point, more work to come: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... responsible investment, such as incorporating negative screening, systematically assessing environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as well as engaging directly on these issues to influence corporate Australia, noted Simon O'Connor, RIAA CEO. ...

Man Group to augment responsible investment, stewardship activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... the top levels of management. Dual roles are pragmatic and they have helpful us rebase expectation around how we approach ESG at the fund strategy level. It's helped us expedite our progress." Mitchell will also act as adviser on funds where ESG, impact ...

Man Group appoints Jason Mitchell co-head of responsible investment

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018  |  NEWS
... directing the development of impact, thematic and norms-based investment strategies as well as the broader integration of ESG criteria across asset classes and multi-asset solutions. Mitchell will also act as advisor on funds where ESG, impact investing ...

Omega Global Investors, Pinnacle Investment Management in strategic partnership

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... that demand. In addition to the demand for smart beta, the firm is also seeing increased demand for mandates managed with ESG factors in mind. "We are building solutions off the back of the smart beta strategy, and developing customised solutions that ...

Rosenberg Equities to manage $1bn ESG mandate for CalPERS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), and the mandate from CalPERS will see Rosenberg Equities manage a $1 billion global equity ESG model implementation portfolio. The new mandate is based off to the same strategy that fosm the AXA IM Sustainable Equity ...

S&P Dow Jones launches Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018  |  NEWS
... significant increased costs for companies which have not managed their global emissions," said Hannah Skeates, senior director, ESG and Strategy Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "The S&P Carbon Price Risk Adjusted Index Series was developed to help ...