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Australian mutual fund assets rise to $66.8bn in 2019: Cerulli Associates

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... pressing problem.'" Cerulli conducted a survey of Australian institutional investors and found that 88.2% named ESG integration as their most preferred method of incorporating ESG considerations into investment decisions, followed by negative/exclusionary ...

Energy Super taps Robeco for $650m enhanced indexing mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... engage with companies to make an impact. As of September 2019, Robeco managed over $200 billion in assets with ESG integration. "Every client is coming at this from a different angle, and that's one of the beauties of our approach," Dennis said. "We're ...

FTSE Russell hires head of sustainable investment, Asia Pacific

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
... globally." Prior to joining FTSE Russell, Fung worked for a family office in Asia where her responsibilities included ESG integration, equity analysis and advising on philanthropy. She has worked as an expert in ESG and sustainable investment since 2008 ...

Amundi reports increased demand for fixed income ETFs, ESG integration

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020  |  NEWS
There is increased global demand for fixed income exchange traded fund (ETFs), as well as demand for fixed income ETFs that integrate ESG into their process, according to global fund manager Amundi. Gaetan Delculee, global head of ETF, indexing and ...

Companies that manage ESG issues "more resilient": Saturna Capital

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... part of the ESG mandate is that the funds are fossil fuel free," Klimo said. "That was easy to implement, and the ESG integration, it wasn't even an evolution or a transition or a change, it was really not anything that required anything at all apart ...

ESG data can augment low-volatility quant strategies: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020  |  NEWS
... points worldwide." A low volatility strategy that still takes factor plays into consideration can still add return. ESG integration plays a role in these strategies as well, Hunstad said. "There's a lot of debate does ESG bring positive return, is it ...

ESG standards improving in emerging markets: T. Rowe Price

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... investment team as well as external research to seek out stocks where business is "on the right side of change," and ESG integration is part of that process. Engaging directly with companies can augment research and uncover stocks that had poor performance ...

Willis Towers Watson launches Australian Global Equity Focus Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019  |  NEWS
... GEFF seeks to improve the risk profile and diversification benefits as well as investment return, Gray added. The ESG integration is both top-down and bottom-up, Gray said. "If you're picking stocks, we want the fund managers to be thinking about the ...

Robeco on ESG integration, SDGs and impact investing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019  |  NEWS
... ESG data contributes positively to equity portfolio performance, Zandbergen said. The research data on whether ESG integration counts as a separate factor in quant strategies, and how it will perform at the end stages of an economic cycle is still not ...

HNW, UHNW "do not deeply consider ESG issues": Crestone wealth report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019  |  NEWS
... necessary around what Crestone called "socially responsible investing" - the suite of investing that includes ESG integration, ethical investing, and sustainable investing in Crestone's view, Holder said. "Our own framework to think about this is that ...